
Render to God
As we’re in tax season, the account of when the Pharisees and some Herodians tried to trap Jesus with the question on whether or not to pay taxes to Caesar comes to mind. They came to him saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” And our discerning Lord asks them why they put him to the test and asks for a denarius, which was a coin with the value of a day’s wage for a laborer, and asks them, “Whose…
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