2020 Lenten Devotional - Rotten

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Day Thirty-One // April 1 // Hypocrisy “A hypocrite is one who sets good examples only when he has an audience.” – Anonymous –

We live in an age where people are becoming increasingly cynical about Christianity. Prominent leaders speak and act in ways that seem so unlike Jesus. People question our sincerity. In fact, a recent poll asked people if they agreed with this statement: “Christian churches accept and love people unconditionally, regardless of how people look or what they do.” The results were haunting. These was the percentages of people who agreed with that statement: Pastors 76% Born-Again-Christians 47% Church-Goers 41% Outside-the-Church 20% One young man in the poll went on to make this statement: “Christians like to hear themselves talk. They


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