I’ve always thought that so-called “progressive taxation” and “death tax” schemes against the rich were inherently unfair. Why should those who have done well financially be forced to pay a higher percentage than those who haven’t? Yet after flipping through the August Town & Country, I’m open to having my mind changed. Some people really do have too much money. It’s not the wealth that I despise. Wealth is good, in itself. It’s the priorities and values that it engenders in some people. Is self-indulgence on trivia what life is all about for these folks?
Ugh.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
