[wintertime]

Having been involved in both environments I have known good teachers in the public schools and foolish to bad teachers in a private, Christian school environment. My real concern is that we not turn th Gospel into an ideology by which we judge some people good and some evil. We are called to be in the world. Sometimes that does require that we have sinners, fools, liberals and Democrats as friends.

So?.....Do you think Christians should work in abortion centers, collect the money, order supplies, sterilize the instruments, and hand assist the abortionist? Just wondering.

I bet some very sweet, but misguided people work in abortion centers who are in desperate need of hearing the Gospel.

Abortion centers kill little bodies. Children in godless government schools risk losing their eternal souls. The Barna Foundation stats for the faith of children surviving intact is grim.

[newheart]

First of all, my original reply to you was a little snarky. I apologize. But I stand by the content and trust that we can respectfully disagree as brothers (or sisters?) in Christ.

However, nothing in what I wrote could be construed to suggest that I think Christians should work in abortion clinics. Although if a Christian did believe themselves to be called by God to go to work in an abortion clinic, there might be some legitimacy to it. Much the same way that Joseph wound up running Egypt. Or Daniel became the king’s advisor and governor of Babylon.

I know way too many Christians who teach in public schools out of vocation. It is absurd to suggest that following their calling entails either a conscious effort on their part (or even a tacit assent) to destroy the eternal souls of children. Even the suggestion of that is disturbing.

Not everyone can afford a private, Christian education— and that, in itself, is no guarantee of avoiding liberal indoctrination. And despite what many home-schoolers argue, not everyone can (or should) homeschool. There will always be a significant percentage of children in public schools. Do we simply abandon those children to “losing their eternal souls?” Or do we celebrate the fact that there are those who, having been called to be salt and light in the world, have chosen to willingly enter the lion’s den for the sake of the testimony of Christ and for the sake of those children.

If the Lord has told you to cease being friends with public school teachers, by all means follow him. Just be certain it is the Lord you are listening to and not merely the tenets of some ideology. And be very careful about suggesting that your behavior should be normative.