- In his message entitled God or Caesar, guest speaker James Muffet gives practical advice for Christians as we try to figure out how to follow Christ’s advice to the disciples when they asked about their duty to pay taxes. Christ famously said “render unto Caesar (aka “government) what is Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s.” Often we see these duties as separate responsibilities, but James, who is President of The Citizens for Traditional Values, challenges us to consider that there is an absolute responsibility for Christians to participate in government and the public discourse. How will the major issues of the day be decided? What are you, (we, the church) doing to make sure that Christian values are being promoted at the local, state, and national level?