This is an appeal to public school teachers who know Christ and respect the authority of the Bible in faith and practice. It’s a plea to those educators who are struggling to reconcile the now mandated teaching of twisted sexual concepts and critical race theory with their faith convictions. It’s an exhortation to those mentoring young minds who would like the freedom to present ideas in keeping with their understanding of what is good and right and true according to God’s word.
From the pen of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:16-17, “What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God … Therefore, come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
I know you have desired to be light and salt in the context of public education, but the state has tied your hands and now you are an unwilling participant in a systematic effort to separate our young people from any notion that there are moral absolutes which transcend time and culture.
It’s time to use your training and your gifts in a setting where what you are teaching doesn’t violate your conscience. It’s time for you to get out of public education and explore options in private Christian schools. Large numbers of concerned parents everywhere are pulling their children out of public education environments and putting them in Christian schools or even homeschooling them because of the inappropriate content of state mandated curriculum.
I know that doing what I am suggesting would separate you from a generous paycheck, great benefits and a comfortable retirement plan. I understand your standard of living would suffer. I understand it may mean having to move your family. I understand what a hard decision that would be. But I also understand how much better you will feel about yourself if you made that decision. Jesus said in Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Harry Trent
Centralia
