Spies Like Us

by R. C. Sproul, Jr.

One could argue that it is the current President who resembles the Canaanites [in the story of the twelve spies into the Promised Land], in that if we go that route, we are more likely to die. It is a messy business making the world safe for democracy, and he wants our sons and daughters to do it. At least the tyrant Samuel warned about only drafted daughters for the royal bakery. And by comparison, life under Kerry would simply mean, as some suggest, more taxes, making bricks without straw. Or you could go the other way, arguing that Kerry is the greater of the two evils, and that life with Bush would be more like living, as slaves, back in Egypt.

It doesn't really matter. Whether it is the gods our fathers worshipped back in Egypt, or the gods of the Amorites in the land set before us, neither kisses the Son. Both bow before Molech. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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