In 1938 the United States Congress passed a law called "The Fair Labor and Practice Act." That law affects millions and tens of millions of lives to this very day, because it established for the first time in our history a minimum wage. Believe it or not, it was set at 25 cents an hour. I can remember working when I was in high school in a Five & Dime Store for $1 an hour. The only reason he paid me that much was because he had to, because he would tell me many times I wasn't worth that.

That law was really based on two principles: First of all, everyone must make a minimum wage; second, there should be some semblance of equal pay for equal work.

Well, believe it or not, Jesus told a story that, in an interesting and strange way, relates to both of those principles. It is the first story…