In Context: Building for Eternity

This year Good Friday and Tax Day are the same day.

It’s easy to mistake one as being about eternal things, and the other as only being about temporary things. In truth, both can be about eternal things.

In the well-known passage about eternal rewards Paul wrote to the Corinthians, actions with the wood, hay, and straw can have as much of a possibility of lasting for eternity as actions with the gold, silver, and precious stones. The difference is in the foundation on which we are building—Jesus Christ.

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports


Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined

Senate confirms Jackson to Supreme Court — 53-47

Senate votes 100-0 to limit trade with Russia — 100-0, 100-0

S. 2123, Pray Safe Act, passes — directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Security Best Practices for Faith-Based Organizations and Houses of Worship

GOP blocks advancing COVID-19 deal amid COVID-era immigration fight — 47-52

Senate floor reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail


House — Weekly Leader Colloquy • Bills • Actions passed

House passes bill to document Russian war crimes in Ukraine — H.R. 7276, 418-7 — Six Republicans voted against potentially undermining American sovereignty

House suspends trade relations with Russia, Belarus — H.R. 7108, H.R. 6968

House passes bill to provide relief to restaurants impacted by pandemic — H.R. 3807

House passes bill to facilitate medical marijuana research — H.R. 5657

House votes to hold Navarro and Scavino in contempt of Congress — 220-203