No Help from Caesar Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: No Help from Caesar------------------------- Date: 4/20/2002 Keywords: "political" "spiritual" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Mark 12:17* Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." Question How can we apply the message of this verse to pornography?   Practical help Last week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that simulated child porn was protected under the Constitution. The law that aimed to ban the practice seemed too broad. For instance, critically acclaimed movies like "Traffic" and "American Beauty" might have run afoul of the law. The decision highlights the difference between the political and the spiritual. The justices struck down the ban; God takes another approach. Society emphasizes personal choice; Christianity stresses our duty not to look on evil. Believers must shun porn — not wait for help from the judicial branch. That's what giving to God is all about. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.