In April 2023, the largest teaching union in the UK voted in favour of inviting drag queens to speak in schools. This, it was claimed, would help to challenge the ‘heteronormative culture and curriculum that dominates education’.
Acts chapter 20 gives the heartwrenching account of Paul’s final farewell to the Ephesian elders. He talked of his time with them in Ephesus and the message he preached. Finally, he declared he had never shirked from declaring the whole counsel of God.
Not a month seems to go by without a high-profile story in the news about a Christian teacher facing difficulties because of their beliefs. I want to tackle these difficulties directly and explain why, despite the great pressures, my answer to the question whether you can still be a Christian teacher is always an emphatic yes!
Pro-abortion activists are using the sad case of a mother jailed for killing her late-term baby to call for abortion up to birth.
Our great God is worthy of all praise (see Psalm 19:1; Isaiah. 6:3). We long for everyone on earth to know and worship Him, for that is His due. God created human beings in His image to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever. If we are to fulfil that wonderful end, we need to learn of God, His works, and His ways. One generation is to pass on that eternal treasure to the next as David declared:
Sarah Edwards (1710–1758), wife of the great theologian and revival preacher Jonathan Edwards, is most often remembered for her lifelong devotion to God. She had experienced God’s grace even as a little girl. At age 16, she confided in her journal that she had been “led to prize nearness to Christ as the creature’s greatest happiness” (Sarah Edwards: Delighting in God, 27).
