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Podcast Introduction Our reading today is Romans 13-14, and I’m calling the episode “Facts and Opinions”.  Comments on Romans 13 I recently received a question from a Lifespring Family member, and he asked about obeying government authorities in light of current events. I’ll tackle it, even though not everyone may not agree with what I’m going to say. I’ll give you some Biblical background on what I’ll be saying, and where appropriate, I’ll give my opinion…and label it as such.  One thing we have to establish up front is that much of, if not *all* of these arguments are what I consider to be peripheral issues. In other words, they are not central to our salvation. The bedrock, the things that make or break whether we are born again are believing that Jesus is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, that he lived a sinless life,  he died for our sins, was resurrected on the third day and sits at the right hand of the Father, and is coming back. We must admit that we are sinners, in nee