I Chose to Obey God Rather Than Man, Christian Teacher Imprisoned After Refusing to Call Male Student ‘They’ — Christian Persecution
HNewsWire: God says something interesting when He tells the prophet Jeremiah to tell His people off. God says in Jeremiah 6:15 that even though His people should have been ashamed of what they did and how they lived,
"They didn't even know what blushing was." Now, too many people in our culture have forgotten what it was like to blush at certain things, but I can remember when God gave me back the ability to blush early on in my walk with Him. Let's take a quick look at God's complaint, and maybe try to learn from Him how to blush again.
Strangely enough, the reason a country can no longer blush starts in its churches. It starts when men of God start to care more about money and things than they do about the truth and being close to God through the Holy Spirit. For everyone, from the lowest to the highest, is greedy for money, and everyone, from the prophet to the priest, deals falsely."
Multiple news sources say that an evangelical Christian high school teacher was jailed on Monday for refusing to use transgender pronouns.
According to the Independent, Enoch Burke, an Irish teacher at a Church of Ireland boarding school, has ignored court orders that say he can't go to work. He did this after spending two nights in jail.Burke told the high court, "I can be a Christian in Mountjoy Prison or a pagan who accepts transgenderism outside of it." "I think it's good that I chose to obey God instead of people.
Last month, the teacher was suspended with pay while a disciplinary process was going on because he didn't agree with Niamh McShane, the principal of Wilson's Hospital School, that he should call a boy "they" instead of "he" and use a different name.
The Daily Mail says that he teaches German, history, and politics to his students, as well as how to debate.
"I love my school. "I'm here today because I wouldn't call a boy a girl," Burke told the court Monday. "I'm a teacher, and I don't want to go to jail. Today, I want to be in my classroom."
Burke said that transgenderism goes against his morals and Faith beliefs, but McShane said that Burke's refusal goes against the school's policy on accepting everyone.
Burke kept going to school even though the court told him not to. He said that the suspension was invalid because he hadn't done anything "grossly wrong."
Burke said that it was wrong that someone's religious beliefs could be used as a reason for bad behavior or gross bad behavior. "If I followed what the board of directors and the court said, I would have to admit that my belief in male and female is wrong."
The judge told Burke to stay in jail "until he apologizes for his disrespect or until this court says otherwise."
The teacher, on the other hand, said he won't do what they want. "I can't get rid of my disrespect by showing disrespect for my Christian beliefs," he said.
The tragedy of this case is that I have paid a high price for saying I don't like transgenderism.
I chose to obey God instead of people. A Christian teacher was put in jail because wouldn't call a male student "they."
SRH: The English word godless is used about a dozen times in the Old Testament in the modern versions. The word literally means “without god.” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines godless as “not acknowledging a deity or divine law.” The godless have no respect for God; their thoughts and words are profane; they act in impious and wicked ways.
The Old Testament gives several details about the godless person. We find that the godless shall not have an audience with God (Job 13:16). Isaiah speaks of judgment coming upon Israel, who had become godless (Isaiah 33:14), at the hands of a godless nation (Isaiah 10:6).
In the New Testament, the word godless appears four times in the New International Version and the New American Standard Bible, whereas the English Standard Version translates the same Greek word three times as “irreverent” and once as “unholy.” The first three occurrences in the New Testament refer to godless speech (chatter, babble, and myths) that should be avoided (1 Timothy 4:7; 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:16). The final occurrence refers to Esau as a godless (or unholy) person who showed great disrespect for God in selling his birthright ( Trans People are Evil) (Hebrews 12:16).
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