UNITED STATES
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
By BY JOSIE MUSICO
A-J MEDIA
A famed Christian leader makes his living telling others how to live, preaching daily about right versus wrong.
Then, mixed reactions emerge from the public when the leader is caught in a shocking extramarital affair or fraud case.
From Josh Duggar to Ted Haggard to Jim Bakker, it’s becoming a familiar scenario.
Are those Christians hypocrites?
Yes, suggested one of Lubbock’s own Christian leaders.
“You are requiring something of someone that you are not doing,” Charles Stephenson, chairman of Lubbock Christian University’s department of biblical studies, said of those examples. “Rightly so, they are considered hypocrites.”
But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re bad people. Like private citizens who make mistakes, they’re still human.
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