Recently, Houston has been a news magnet in the Christian world. I'm linking to the snopes.com entry only because it includes the sources and dates if you want to inform yourself. In a thumbnail sketch, here is the issue: The mayor of Houston signed an ordinance into law that was controversial. Opponents of the ordinance began a petition drive to repeal the law. The petition was declared invalid by the city. The opponents filed a lawsuit against the city. The city attorneys responded and part of their action was to subpoena the sermons of 5 area pastors dealing with certain topics. The news world erupted in a frenzy of tree- and atom-killing as they printed/published/posted/aired reports about this issue and the blogosphere launched its own rhetoric, saber-rattling campaign. Got it? Okay. Here is my question: why would a pastor be offended/angry/persecuted if someone wanted copies of their sermon? I would be delighted if someone asked for a copy of all of my sermons o...