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Hypocrites explained by Tony Evans

There is no use in mere formality. If your religion is without spiritual life, what is the use of it? Could you ride home on a dead horse? Would you hunt with dead dogs? Would anyone like to go into battle with a pasteboard helmet? When the sword fell on it, what use would such a helmet be? In the depth…

Men would be less in a hurry to avow their pretended faith if there were no advantages to be gained. The rower in the boat sits with his back to the shore, but is all the while pulling toward it. Many tug the oar toward the world that they pretend to have renounced. How many are like that famous painting…

The very fact that there are hypocrites proves that all are not so. Do you think there would be any bad bank notes in the world if there were no good ones? Do you think anyone would try and circulate bad sovereigns if there were no really good ones? No, I think not. It is the good bank note that makes…

A young minister had been preaching in a country village, and the sermon apparently took deep effect on the minds of the hearers. In the congregation there was a young man who felt acutely the truth of the solemn words to which the preacher had given utterance. He sought the preacher after the service,…

The form of godliness without the power is not worth the trouble it takes to put it together and keep it together. Imitation jewels are pretty and brilliant, but if you take them to the jeweler he will give you nothing for them. There is a religion that is all paste gems—a godliness that glitters but…

To have the form of godliness without the power of it is to lack constancy in your religion. It is a very hot and thirsty day, and you are riding on a camel. Suddenly there rises before you a beautiful scene. Just a little way from you are brooks of water flowing between beds of osiers and banks of reeds…

The Greeks outside the walls of Troy were unable to storm the city, but after a long war they succeeded by using the stratagem of the wooden horse. Putting some Greeks within the hollow monster, they pretended to flee and left the horse to be dragged within the gates of Troy by the infatuated Trojans.…

If any man dares to tell me that he lives for a single day without a sinful deed, I will dare to tell him that he never knew himself. Only look at your own room. If you disturb it, I see only a little dust floating about in it, but if a stray sunbeam shall enter through the window I see millions upon…

My observation of personal character has been somewhat wide, and I cannot help bearing my testimony that I am greatly afraid of men who make loud professions of superior sanctity. I have had the misfortune to have known, on one or two occasions, superfine brethren, who were, in their own ideas, far above…

People can tell lies when they hold their tongues. There was a little girl at school who always held her hand up when the boys and girls were asked to show that they knew the answer to any question that had been put to them. One afternoon she held her hand up when she did not know the answer, and a classmate…

In the long line of portraits of the Doges in the palace at Venice one space is empty, and the semblance of a black curtain remains as a melancholy record of glory forfeited. Found guilty of treason against the state, Marino Falieri was beheaded and his image as far as possible blotted from remembrance.…

Alton, Illinois Mayor, Brant Walker pleaded with residents to stay home and shelter in place to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. He threatened citizens with orders to enforce the Novel Corona Virus sheltering orders. Only a few days later, a police raid on a Tavern caught revelers partying after…

It never ceases to me how critical we can be of some things we might consider bad, wrong, or sinful, while embracing other things that are equally so, that we do not take into consideration. Indeed, we are all hypocrites in one way or another. For example, we live in an age where being “woke” (the latest…

A video recently emerged of a man sleeping behind the wheel of a Tesla that was apparently on “autopilot,” going down the Massachusetts Turnpike at 55 MPH. Where did the video originate? Dakota Randall, who was driving next to the Tesla, shot the video. Randall told the CBS Boston affiliate, “I thought…

U.S. women’s soccer player Ashlyn Harris tweeted about another soccer player Joelene Hinkle. Hinkle decided not to join the American women’s soccer team because of requirements to wear an LGBT pride jersey. Harris told Hinkle, “Our team is about inclusion, you wouldn’t fit in.” World Magazine August…

A Somalia-based militant group, al-Shabab, has announced a ban on plastic bags in its territory because the bags pose “a serious threat to well-being of both humans and animals.” While we can certainly understand their concern about plastic bags, al-Shabab has massacred thousands of civilians over the…

A Pennsylvanian member of Congress who has been one of the most pro-life lawmakers in Washington admitted to an extramarital affair. While looking into the divorce proceedings between his lover and her former husband the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette found some text messages between the congressman and his…

Kathy Gilroy is a prominent anti-gambling crusader in Illinois. She has crusaded against gambling of all kinds; lotteries, casinos, internet poker, and other games of chance. A local café notified her that she had won $25,000 in a sweepstake game sponsored by the café. She has run into some public relation…

Pennsylvania Representative Tim Murphy resigned from congress a year short of finishing his term. The Family Research Council gave Murphy high marks for his pro-life stances and as well as for Family Values. He was a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus. One month after admitting to having an affair,…

A famous comedian has a comic routine where he talks about sitting in first class on an airplane while watching other people go by to coach. He makes a comment about how whenever he sees a soldier get on the plane he thinks to himself “it would be the right thing to do...if I gave him my seat.” He then…

Jim Thorn, chairman of the Louisiana Tax Commission, was in charge of making sure the property taxes in the state were all the on the up and up. There was only one problem. Mr. Thorn had not paid his own property taxes in 30 years. When the governor was asked about this he responded that Mr. Thorn had…

“No Man’s Sky” was one of the most anticipated video games of 2016. However, when it hit the shelves it was met with devastating criticism from the gaming community. What was supposed to be the greatest game of the year turned out to be the greatest disappointment. On Steam, the gaming platform where…

Chipotle has become one of America’s most successful restaurant chains by touting its use of “fresh, often locally sourced, ingredients” for its tacos and burritos. It has boasted that its food is free of genetically modified organisms, GMO’s. Nevertheless, in 2015, the company was staggered because…

For the past 20 years, Stuart Dunnings III has been the top prosecutor for Ingham County, Michigan and has built a reputation as “an outspoken advocate for ending human trafficking and prostitution.” According to the state attorney general’s office Dunnings took an aggressive approach to his job and…