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“Using this reasoning Christians should be working in abortuaries. Hey! There is **some** chance to save a soul. Why not houses of prostitution? Why not meth labs? Why not in the government schools that abort souls?”

I believe there have been efforts made to make mandatory counselling before abortion procedures. This would be a good way for Christians to get involved the way you suggest. Street preaching could be done outside houses of prostitution—wouldn’t be surprised if this doesn’t already happen. Meth labs are a little tricky. The folks that set these up usually opt for a hotel room or some place fairly discreet. You’d need some pretty good intel to locate their bases of operation. But, say you locate one in a hotel somewhere on the outskirts of town. You could knock on the door and just sort of remind them that there’s a Gideon’s Bible in the top drawer of the nightstand...

Now schools...schools are different. You see, in schools there is the giving out of information...usually pretty bad these days, to be sure, but information. What you could do is during the giving out of this information, during question and answer sessions you could ask them about it...see if they can detect any flawed logic, any ideas that just don’t seem to add up...As the teacher you could suggest these areas if the students aren’t quite able to locate them...Locating troublesome texts is a nice way for students to be forced into thinking about what they are reading. When students actually think about what they read, well, you’d be amazed at what happens. The lights begin to go on (as if somebody is actually home!) There is a bit of interest—not a lot, don’t forget they’ve been allowed to slumber all those years. You’ve gotten them when they are high schoolers, you can’t expect them to just “get it” all in one day.

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. You could ask them, “How many of you have heard the phrase, “the separation of church and state.”

Hands will go up; it’s a popular phrase, don’t you know. You tell them to put their hands down. Then you could ask, “Where do we find that phrase?”

Invariably, someone will offer, “It’s in the Constitution.” You smile, always smile. Students like it when you smile. It gives them encouragement, builds confidence.

You say, “Okay. I have here a copy of the Constitution. Let’s take a look at it and see if we can find where it says that.

Now, you are really on a roll as a classroom teacher. You are weaving history, civics, and reading all into one lesson. You think to yourself, “I’m the man!”

The class then reads the Constitution and someone notices, “But where’s the phrase ‘separation of church and state’?

You ask them, “Where have you heard that phrase mentioned? Students may say, “On TV,” or “My History teacher told us,” or “I don’t know...it’s a popular phrase.”

You say, “Hmmmm,” (you don’t want to spoil their fun too much.)

But you ask, “Well, if it’s not in there, is there anything that suggests the idea? Is there any reference to keeping religion out of government or government out of religion?” Suddenly, Johnny Lightbulb speaks up, “Naw, there’s nothing in here about that. All that it says is something about ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...’”

You ask them, “Who can tell us what that means?” Followed by, “Who knows something about the lives of the Founding Fathers?” Followed by, “Why would they place this freedom first in the Bill of Rights?” Followed by, “Given what we know about the Founders, and how much they cherished the freedom to practice their faith without any interference from the government, what can we say about the way the phrase ‘separation of church and state is used today?” “How SHOULD it be used in a way that’s keeping with the intent of the Founding Fathers?” Yada, Yada, Yada...

I hope you can see the difference now between a school and, say an abortion clinic (I do find it curious that in this day and age, someone would have difficulty distinguishing the two...but, to each his own...no two snowflakes are alike...the world goes round...) I hope you can see that in schools human communication occurs. Communication involving the ears...the eyes...the mouth (voice)...the mind...the heart...All these play a role in learning. As these also play a role in the giving out of the Gospel and, therefore, salvation (of the soul), schools provide a means whereby the Christian teacher can sow a seed here and there (you remember the parable, don’t you?)

And now, class, what do we know about seeds? Anyone?