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The watching world sees our blatant hypocrisy and criticizes us in return for our unjustified criticism of them.īut over the years, as I have personally engaged in hypocritical and sinful behavior, and as I have watched other Christians do the same, I have found that there are several excuses we give for our poor treatment of other people, and for sin in our own lives. This is rarely received well by anyone, especially when we have glaringly obvious sins in our own life.įinally, there is the fact that Christians love to pick and choose which sins are the worst – things like homosexuality and murder – while ignoring sins that are prevalent within our own congregations (which might actually be much worse) – sins like gluttony, greed, and pride. Since we feel we have a corner on the truth and that we are the ones who are always right, this makes us believe that it is our responsibility to be the world’s policemen, going around pointing out where people are wrong and how they are sinning. Then there is the critical, judgmental, legalistic attitude so often taught and practiced in churches. While it is true that God will forgive us for such behavior, His grace is never a license to treat others so shamefully.

We feel that because God forgives us for all our sins, we can treat others in terrible ways, and God will still forgive us. Sometimes, our behavior is a result of our understanding of God’s grace and forgiveness. We feel this gives us the right to look down upon others who are not one of us. Many Christians develop a sense of entitlement because we are the “chosen ones” the “elite” the members of the family of God. There are numerous contributing factors to this. I am always amazed at the grace, love, support, and forgiveness that is found among the “unchurched” which is rarely found among those who go to church. In some recent surveys (reported in books like unChristian and They Like Jesus but Not the Church), it appears that most people in our culture believe that Christians are about as trustworthy as car salesmen and lawyers.Īnd I will admit, I myself can behave pretty badly at times, and many of the Christians I know behave in far worse ways than many of the unbelievers I know.

Some Christians and church people are just downright mean.

Christians are notorious for bad behavior.

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