Scriptures in Schools Kicks Off in Birmingham

Scriptures in Schools to Kick Off in Birmingham

August 18, 1999
by Rev. Flip Benham

We will be kicking off the national Scriptures In School (SIS) campaign in Birmingham on Saturday evening, September 18, with a play written and directed by Rusty Thomas called, "SAMMY". This is a powerful dramatic vignette portraying a young boy named Sammy who is visited by God and called to bring the Ten Commandments back to his school. This play is a "living parable" illustrating the battle that is taking place for the hearts and souls of our kids in the government schools of our day. Through laughter and tears you will hear God's voice calling each one of us to run to the roar.

It is our prayer that you are preparing your youth and public school teachers to bring their Bibles to school during this fourth week in September. They will be joining millions of kids and teachers who are doing the very same thing in their schools. This will require courage, but our kids are looking for a reason to stand for Jesus. Give them one! Listen to the words of the father of Rachel Joy Scott (one of the young Christians killed at Columbine High School) as he addressed the United States Congress:

"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America and around the world to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students to be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your conscience and denies your God-given right to communicate with Him … My daughter's death will not be in vain. The young people of this country will not allow this to happen."

God is going back to school from the outside in and from the inside out, and we have the privilege of bringing Him back. Let us press the gates of hell together!