Being nice to a sinner doesn’t mean that we approve of their sin. In fact, our negative evaluation of their behavior may actually show that we care more for them. That’s how it worked for Jesus. One ...

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Many a true word is spoken in jest. Many a tribute to virtue has been unwittingly paid by sinister lips of malice. Nowhere is this truth more evident than in the Gospel story where enemies of our ...