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Text Box: exclude abortion. Put an addendum to thou shalt not steal, and exclude insurance fraud, stealing from the government, and if you work for the government or are an elected federal official add the caveat that social security and medicare taxes can be taken for use in the general budget and never repaid and not be theft. Individualize the list of sins as each of you sees fit.” When the followers of these so called leaders exercise the audacity of changing God’s laws not only are the changes without effect, but also the reality of evil, sin, goodness, and holiness remain as - do - the - penalties - for evil and for sin and - the - rewards - for goodness and holiness. Just as when the debtor, at the direction of the unfaithful steward, changed his debt papers from stating he owed one hundred barrels of oil to read fifty barrels of oil, yet this did not change the actual debt, so too does following the teachings of evil betrayers of God and betrayers of those whom they are supposed to serve, not change the sinful or holy nature of what God has declared to be sin or to be holy. And just as the debtor knows that when he has paid fifty barrels of oil he continues to owe another fifty, so too does the sinner know, even though he or she may pretend to not know or to not be aware, that sin is sin, is not holiness, and is not sanctioned by God; while holiness is holiness and is sanctioned and encouraged by God. People do not like to be reminded of these things, and do not like to be reminded of the particulars, especially those such as the reality that oral contraceptives function for the most part by causing an abortion in the early stages of fetal development and therefore is murder by abortion of a baby, a violation of God’s direct commandment against murder, and therefore will, generally speaking, damn to hell those who use them, manufacture them, distribute them, write prescriptions for them, or in any manner promote them or their use.

Text Box: But were a Priest to not stress this reality from time to time, then that Priest would be an unfaithful steward of that with which God has entrusted the Priest. And even if a Priest were to advise someone that in their particular circumstances use of oral contraceptives is permitted, the Priest’s advice would not change the reality that such use is serious sin because even if conception never occurs the use of such chemicals is a straight forward statement to God that the person intends to murder a baby should it be conceived. And Christ has informed us that the desire and intent to commit the sin is the same as committing the sin. Attempting to be a faithful steward often is difficult, not just for Priests, but also for everyone. It often requires one express approval for conduct or processes which are difficult, or may even be to one’s own disadvantage. The simple matter of finding a thousand dollars in the street, while initially bringing anticipation of happiness or even financial relief, carries with it the obligation to attempt to find the one to whom the money belongs. The obligation arises out of the significant value of the money found, an obligation which would not exist if the amount of money were of very little value, such as ten cents. This is so even though the ten cents lost by someone for whom that is all the money they had is a disaster while for one who has many millions of dollars the loss of a thousand dollars is insignificant. Of course if the finder knows the ten cents was lost by someone who had nothing else, then the finder is obligated to make every effort to return that which was lost. Contrarily, the fact that the thousand dollars was lost by a multi-millionaire, does not remove or lessen the obligation to return the money. It is therefore obvious that being a faithful steward of that with which God has entrusted us requires thought and consideration, as well as actions or deeds, all of which must be in accordance with Faith. When a person thinks and acts in accordance with Faith, this is known or called operating

Text Box: divinely. The good and faithful steward does his or her best to operate divinely and in so doing preserves, strengthens, and increases the prime thing with which that person has been entrusted by God. That prime thing is their own immortal soul. So, be a good steward - it beats the hell out of being an unfaithful steward. Ref: Rom. 8:12-17; Luke 16:1-9 +

Text Box: SOME OF THE WISDOM OF SAINT JAMES THE LESS The various books of the New Testament cover a myriad of dogma, theology, commandments, means of being spiritually strengthened, and virtually every aspect of salvation. They are the source of dogma and in them the early fathers of the church and desert fathers, as well as all valid theologians since then, have the foundation of their dogmatic insights. Saint Paul is the great theologian providing dogmatic insights which enlighten us today, while all of the writers of the Old Testament and of the New Testament are individually, uniquely essential in their revelations and their guidance. One of them, however, Saint James, provides us with very plain language, simple, straight forward, easy to understand, dogma, while at the same time providing us with the same very plain language, simple, straight forward, easy to understand guidance in our actions, conduct, and thoughts, as well as the reasons for them - the reasons supporting the guidance he provides. The precepts in the Epistle of Saint James the Less, the first Bishop of Jerusalem, were followed by all of the Apostles, and written about by all the authors of the

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