Have you ever been called a hypocrite? I have, I didn’t like. I have been called such a thing more than once, and while it hurts to be wrongfully accused of hypocrisy, it hurts quite a lot more when it’s true. Jesus calls people hypocrites in the Gospels. Oh, not all the time, but he…
There is a feeling out there that the church is full of hypocrites. I didn’t preach about the notion because I think there are far better things for us to think about than this. Jesus has some hard things to say about hypocrites, which seem to be deserved. If these aren’t sermons about hypocritical churchgoers…
There are all sorts of provocative questions that we can ask ourselves but one of the most significant, for those inside the wire of the church, is this post’s title. It is especially significant for us who identify as church goers because one of the ongoing charges against the church is hypocrisy. I would venture…