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Prof. Joe has written more than 150 articles for more than a dozen print and on-line publications, including Teachers.net, Empower Magazine, IMDiversity.com, and Student Leader Magazine. Here are some of his most requested articles for new teachers, including some from a few of his friends. Enjoy!

Staying True to Your Faith, Without Offending Others

by Professor Joe Martin

As an educator, speaker, and author, who also happens to be a born-again Christian, I’m constantly asked by fellow Christian educators (especially new teachers), “How do you share your faith at school without violating the law of Separation of Church and State and offending others?”


These are actually two separate questions that demand two separate answers. To the first part of the question, I usually respond, “I’ll take God out of the classroom when they promise to take the devil out first.” To the second part of the question, I usually quote Bill Cosby, who said, “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everybody.”

It’s quite obvious this is a very sensitive topic – so much so, that those who may be reading this article may stop reading after the preceding paragraph. And that’s okay, I understand.

But for the rest of you who are reading this, you know how serious this topic really is. Over the past 15 years I’ve been an educator, I’ve been questioned, confronted, and challenged (by administrators, colleagues, parents, and students) for expressing my faith more times than I care to remember. However, when I explain to them that I’m not “evangelizing,” they soon realize that I’m only “expressing” what “I” believe, not what “they” should or choose to believe; that’s their choice.

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