Points To Ponder 07/04/2007

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy - Martin Luther King
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BIBLE QUIZ: Where did Jesus send Peter to get the tax money? Matt 17:24-27
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24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?"
25 "Yes, he does," he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes-- from their own sons or from others?"
26 "From others," Peter answered. "Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him.
27 "But so that we may not offend them, go to . . . . . . . . (NIV)
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