Wade Goodwyn reported on Morning Edition today about the debate brewing in Moore, Oklahoma over whether the town should mandate storm shelters in the aftermath of this week's deadly tornado. Mayor Glen Lewis has proposed the City Council pass such an ordinance. City Manager Steve Eddy, however, isn't convinced. He told Goodwyn:
Obviously, the council will decide that. We've had this discussion after every tornado that comes along, and haven't done it yet. We're a pretty independent lot around here in terms of telling me what I have to do and what I don't have to do. Homebuilders - we have lots and lots of homes built here. Homebuilders are influential....
Lives, you can't count the cost or the value of lives, but you can count the cost of construction. It adds a significant amount of cost to construction. The taxpayers would have to determine whether they're going to pay that or not.
Now, me, I'm not a Christian myself. But once or twice I've come across the
Sermon on the Mount, and I just happened to take a quick glance at it just now. It has the Son of God saying this:
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also....
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
So, I repeat, is Moore, Oklahoma City Manager a Christian? Because his words, in all honesty to me, look more like he's serving money and his bible says you can't do that and serve God at the same time...