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Why American Christians have a Moral Obligation to Vote in this Election
(Copyright 2022) by Eddie Hyatt (Grapevine, Texas) In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus called His followers the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world.” These are metaphoric expressions of the positive influence He expects His followers to have on the world in which they live. The value of salt in Jesus’ day was its use as a preservative to keep meat from spoiling. Light dispels darkness, a figure of speech for ignorance and falsehood. We fulfill these words of Jesus through our words, deeds, and prayers. We also fulfill these words by being good citizens and voting for government leaders whose lives […]
An Unpayable Debt and Obligation
(Copyright) by John W. Ritenbaugh (Lancaster, South Carolina) Radio personality Charles Osgood related a news item out of Miami in which a young man working as a valet parking attendant at a hotel was routinely handed a tip for fetching a man’s car. Later, after the man drove off, the attendant looked at the tip and was startled to discover the man had given him a thousand dollars! The tip-giver was unaware of his mistake until well on his way back to his home in West Virginia. He immediately turned around and drove back to the hotel. He found that the […]
Passover, Obligation, and Love
(Copyright) by John W. Ritenbaugh (Lancaster, South Carolina) Recently in Miami, Florida, a vacationing West Virginian pulled a few crumpled bills from his pocket to tip a valet-parking attendant, mistakenly giving him a thousand dollars! Driving off, he was well on his way back to West Virginia before he discovered what he had done. He returned to Miami to find that the attendant, knowing the man had made a mistake, had given the money to his supervisor to hold in case the man returned to claim it. The news report primarily focused its attention on the honest young man who returned […]