President Obama is on Leno tonight--its like someone took the defibulator to Leno and he woke up. He was actually kind of funny and energetic. The President was asked a question about the contractural obligations involved in the AIG bonus payouts that have received so much media attention. In answering the question he claimed that while "their [AIG's] legal judgment was not necessarily wrong but there is a moral and ethical aspect to this as well..."
I would like to appropriate President Obama's moral-trumps-legal argument and apply it to a greater outrage--how about the immorality, despite the legality, of abortion. Can we get some outrage and righteous anger over the lives of babies instead of our 401k's? Just thinking out loud. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
Amen and amen. There are plenty of culturally endorsed and legally protected sins in America. Walking in the Spirit ought to easily keep us on the right side of the law, but it also means that we live by a much higher standard. I'm praying for the day when the heart and character of Jesus Christ is held up (and broadly embraced) as the standard for private behavior as well as public policy. In the mean time, I hope our outrage leads us to love people into the Kingdom, where they won't indulge in sin even if it is legal.
Posted by: Bill Mills | March 20, 2009 at 05:50 AM