Jeff's NBC Radio Spot

Jeff writes:

One of the privileges of being a missionary is to be given unusual opportunities to minister.

Jeff Speaking via Cell Phone to his PNG National Radio Audience from His Office

I just completed giving a ten-minute short subject on PNG's national radio. My National Broadcasting Corporation segment was entitled Impartiality in Justice. I spoke about six biblical ethical issues derived from the Old Testament that form the foundation for many of our western legal systems. They included:

• The Bible’s command not to steal justice.
• Its emphasis on personal responsibility for one’s actions
• Its emphasis on the need for a fair trial.
• Its emphasis on impartial judges.
• Its emphasis on the careful consideration of evidence to evaluate means and motives of an accused to determine appropriate penalties. 
• Its emphasis on the equality of all before the law.

In the piece I spoke about how these six issues were addressed in a recent court case where PNG's prime minister Sir Michael Somare was found guilty of violating the PNG Leadership Code. I contrasted his case with the police who sometimes act as judge, jury, and executioner by intentionally shooting a thief in the ankle or kneecap.

Pray that the piece will be well received.

Again I am grateful to all of you for giving Sue and I these wonderful opportunities to minister. God is so good. Isn't He?