Virtue signaling is what we do when we value other people’s approval too much. We will even change our beliefs (at least publicly) if it means that others will applaud us. When a Christian looks to the world for our definitions, values, identity and approval though – we’ve lost the plot. Paul understood how tempting…
Sermons on Self-Righteousness
What happened to the Pharisees that caused them to be unable to see the good Jesus was doing right before their eyes? How could an act of compassion anger them as much as it did? These are important questions that we should be asking so that we don’t become blind to the fact that even…
Hypocrisy goes deeper than simply not practicing what we preach. While that is certainly a good definition, we need to be aware of the type of hypocrisy that is much more difficult to spot – the “good” hypocrite. The “good” hypocrite looks like a true Christian in almost every way on the surface, so how…
Hypocrisy is a pitfall that’s easier to fall into than it is to climb out of. Dealing with it is difficult to do on our own, because there are layers rather than one surface issue to deal with. For starters, the sins that show up on the outside are often a symptom of a much…