My Father’s House

Officials from the Federal National Mortgage Association were almost speechless when Norman and Melissa Cameron told them why they didn’t plan to pay their $54,000 mortgage. “When I read it, I was taken aback,” said FNMA’s lawyer. Read what? The Camerons’ response to foreclosure proceedings on their Hartford, Conn., house: they claim God told them they didn’t have to pay. “It was our desire to be free from this mortgage debt,” the Camerons told the court overseeing the foreclosure. “Therefore we asked God our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ. He heard us and he freed us from this mortgage bondage.” (AP) ...“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s.” —Matthew 22:21.