Posted by
Brad Yeager on Sunday, May 18, 2008 6:30:00 AM
If you have attended a church for any length of time, you have seen it. If you have claimed Christ long enough (or for no time at all in some cases), you have experienced it. It is the phenomenon typically identified as “hypocrisy.” Obvious examples of this hypocrisy are the church service Christian who, apart from the church function, is indistinguishable from the rest of the world; the Christian who is simultaneously equipped with splinter radar but lacks the self-awareness; and those brothers and sisters who demonstrate Christ’s unconditional love under certain conditions only. After a while (or no time at all), it becomes incredibly easy to recognize the Sunday Christian, the turret Christian, and the clique Christian. It is not always so easy to spot the rest who simply box Christ up.