Nate reacts to a teacher fired for being pro-life and Jim Bakker’s daughter urging LGBTQ donations instead of flowers.

Teacher Fired for Being Pro-Life?!? Jim Bakker’s Daughter Apologizes to the LGBT Community

What happens when a 28-year teaching veteran answers a student’s question and loses her job for it? This week on the Ask A Christian Podcast, Nate opens with the story of a teacher fired for being pro-life in the UK, then pivots to Jim Bakker’s daughter publicly apologizing for her father’s theology and urging mourners to donate to LGBTQ groups instead of sending flowers. From there, the episode dives into a Muslim caller pressing Nate on who Jesus paid the price to, a new Christian asking what Christianity actually is, and a pastor who flipped open her Bible to Ezekiel 5 and accidentally prophesied doom over her own congregation.

Teacher Fired for Being Pro-Life: The Biblical Bottom Line

Anita Meston, a 63-year-old Christian teacher with nearly 30 years of experience, was fired from Biddick Academy after a student asked whether she was pro-abortion. She answered honestly: she is pro-life because she is a Christian. She was prodded twice before explaining her reasoning, then responded “fair enough” when a student disagreed. The school terminated her for sharing personal opinions that could cause “harm or distress.” The case is now being taken up by the Alliance Defending Freedom and heads to tribunal, with coverage appearing in the Daily Express and Protestia.

Scripture is clear that speaking the truth in love is not hate. Paul writes in Ephesians 4:15 that we are to speak truth, and Jesus Himself said in John 14:6 that He is the way, the truth, and the life. For deeper doctrine on sharing truth with grace, explore our article on graceful disagreement.

Jim Bakker’s Daughter and the Ezekiel 5 Self-Own

Jim Bakker’s daughter, Tammy Sue Bakker, released a public statement after her father’s death at 86, apologizing for his theology and urging people to donate to LGBTQ organizations instead of sending flowers. Nate walks through the statement and contrasts it with what Scripture actually says about repentance—pointing out that “come as you are” is only half the gospel. The other half is “go and sin no more.” Then there is the story of Drenda Keesee, a co-pastor whose church is under fire for a sex scandal cover-up. During a service, she flipped open her Bible without pre-reading and landed on Ezekiel 5, a chapter about God’s judgment, and read it aloud while other leaders shifted uncomfortably. The Protestia write-up is worth reading in full.