These people say they want to save the environment. But they also want their beautiful little enclave to stay just the way it has always been: a place where they can retreat from the world and contemplate great things—like how to prevent global warming.
This story ought to serve as a warning to us all—not only of how hypocritical politicians can be (sadly, we’re used to that), but also of how easy it is for people to justify their own behavior. I am grateful that, as Christians, we are held to a higher standard—or at least ought to be—that we obey gladly God’s commands to be responsible stewards of the environment, even when it costs us.
Well, now I am back in Washington—away, that is, from all that liberal hypocrisy.
Chuck Colson
Chuck Colson was the Chief Counsel for Richard Nixon and served time in prison for Watergate-related charges. In 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which, in collaboration with churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families.
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