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That's why I'd reprimand him. That would be Christian. Then he might feel bad and consider reading it. But if he keeps it up, then he should be fired.

"Pray for those who persecute you."

Sid Roth, a Jewish believer in Jesus, witnessing in Russia:

Our second stop was Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located in Northwest Russia on the Baltic Sea, Saint Petersburg is a beautiful city of some 4 million people. Spending three days in Saint Petersburg, thousands were saved and dozens of healings took place. As in the other countries, we were followed every where we went but in Russia it was the most obvious and overt. Saint Petersburg is one of the most anti-Semitic regions in the world and Jews are openly hated and persecuted here. We also encountered the greatest resistance here from the Orthodox (Hasidic) Jews who opposed the "Truth" of Messiah Yeshua and the news of His Salvation. Prior to the second scheduled outreach in Saint Petersburg, a group of Hasidic (Orthodox) Jews publicly protested in front of the rented theatre where the word was being preached. They passed out anti-Yeshua flyers, video taped all Jews entering the building, and were chanting Kabala curses over us and the event. The protesters (including the local Hasidic Rabbi) told the attendees that they had been caught on film and would not be allowed to immigrate from Russia to Israel (Aliya). The protestors said the video would be shown to Israeli immigration officials and those attending the outreach would be denied Israel Visa's because they would be labeled as Christians and believers in Yeshua. This was a tactic that was reminisce of the KGB! When we pulled up to the theatre in our taxi Sid said to start taking photographs of the protesters. I began taking pictures as soon as I got out of the cab and this made the protestors extremely agitated but they agreed to cease video taping if I quit taking pictures. We had reached an agreement and the outreach went on as scheduled with hundreds being saved. The hand of man cannot stay the hand of God! We went forward in faith and strength as we prayed I Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love and of a sound mind.", and Hebrews 13:6 "We will say with confidence, the Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can man do unto me?" God is breaking through in Russia, the Russian people are hungry for Him! So many miraculous healings took place that it's hard to recall them all; Club feet, bad hearts, injured backs, injured necks, deafness, etc. . . were all supernaturally healed. When God's Glory falls, signs, wonders, and healings occur. The last city country on our three city tour was Odessa, Ukraine.

Or like one of my favorite Freepers, TrueBeliever9, would say, "Nuke them with prayer!"

That's why I'd reprimand him. That would be Christian.

And you are saying, indirectly, that firing would not be the Christian thing to do? What rot. Actions have consequences. Sin has consequences -- between God and man, obviously, but also between man and man.

I'm all for forgiving (or reprimanding) the guy as one person to another, particularly if he was contrite, but he burned the NT while in his role as a teacher and a leader. Firing him is not going too far -- and it's certainly not unChristian, if that's what you were implying.

I went to the Czech Republic this year on a mission through music choir trip. We sang in churches, concert halls, opera houses, and on the street. We had no protests (although the police did not like it when we were singing with the windows open and may have moved our group down the street one time).

We sang secular and religous songs. We performed together with a French choir and a Czech student orchestra. The orchestra conductor tried to limit the number of religous songs in the program. Some people were drawn to us but we did not experience any outward hostility from any who may have been offended or angered.