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Politics and Religion: Part 1

We live in a culture that is both politically and religiously charged.  As Christians, how are we to conduct our lives in the midst of so much controversy and strife?  What is the separation between our duties to the kingdom of God and duty to our Government? In Matthew 22:17-21, the Pharisees sent their servants to ask Jesus this very question, in an attempt to trap Him by His own words.

“17Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

The wise answer of our Lord served the dual purposes of both answering their question, and exposing their hypocrisy.

18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19“Show Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius. 20And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” 21They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

I think the main problem is that we try to compartmentalize our lives; our Christian life, our work life, our family life, our political life. But Jesus makes it much simpler for us. Instead, there should be only our lives as Christians. Our service to God and to our government need not, and indeed should not, be mutually exclusive. The two go hand in hand together.

Over the course of my next several blog posts I will explore in greater detail what the Bible has to say about this subject, and how we can incorporate the advice of Jesus into our lives.


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I’m not really a pet guy.  I don’t necessarily dislike pets or animals in general, but I’m very content to live without a pet.  Even then, there was something about this dog story that drew me in.

The story goes that a 7-year old German shepherd in Italy named Tommy used to accompany his owner Maria to church every day.  Maria was faithful to go to pray every morning when the church bell rang, and Tommy joined her each time.  Sadly, Tommy’s owner died late last year.  Even though she is gone, apparently the German shepherd continues to show up every morning when the church bell rings.  While I would not go so far as to say Tommy has become accustomed to prayer in the mornings and won’t miss it now, it is clear that this dog longs to be with his master.

Your alarm clock rings most mornings, just like that church bell in Italy rings every morning.  When it rings, do you immediately long to be with your Master?  The psalmist said, “My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.” (Psalm 5:3 NKJV)

Whether one admits it or not, each of us has a yearning within to worship.  The Eternal God is worthy of our worship and praise.  Wake up each day with a desire to worship and serve your Master.


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God: Mean or Nice?

Neither. He is holy. You may have certain immature feelings about God, however, and they are similar to feelings you may have felt about your parents growing up. If you were receiving or witnessed a sibling receiving punishment or correction you may have felt that Daddy was mean. If you were receiving reward from Daddy, he was nice. In each case, our opinion of Daddy at the time was mostly dependent upon how his way of being was affecting us at that point in time. Later, we grow up and realize that Daddy was always the same. It was really our own behavior that dictated the relationship.