A Peanuts cartoon strip shows Charlie Brown and Linus as they summarize their team's baseball season. They report that in 12 games they almost scored a run. In right field Lucy almost caught three balls, and once she almost made the right play. They decided between them that they led the league in "almosts." We Christians do not have an "almost" Savior. We have a Lord who saves to the uttermost. He did not and he cannot fail.

At this writing, according to the experts, losses from savings and loans (S & Ls) that have failed now have burgeoned to somewhere in the vicinity of $325 billion, and could hit $500 billion. Taxpayers, of course, will bear the burden of bailout. It has been described as "the worst financial scandal in American history." It remains to be seen if the nation's thrift ins…