Acts 25:27
For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him.
Why didn't it seem unreasonable to hold Paul as a prisoner in the first place if there were no specific charges against him? Perhaps Festus didn't feel the need to justify holding Paul until Paul appealed to a higher authority, Caesar. Once Paul did that, it forced Festus to have some accountability, a justification for Paul's imprisonment.
It's very easy for me to rationalize to myself the decissions I make. But if I involve others, if I become accountable, if I allow brothers and sisters to reason through the process with me, it makes it far less likely that I will be able to hide my own self-serving motives. I need to do a far better job of being open and transparent.
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