Years ago a religious talk show hostess was interviewing a new believer. The new believer had come from the wrong side of the tracks--economically, socially, morally, and spiritually. As he gave his testimony, this man, who had seen it all and done it all continually thanked God for the change God had made in his life. “I can’t express,” he said, “the gratitude I feel that God has changed my life.” 

The talk show hostess knew where he was coming from--for she, too, had walked on life’s wild side before coming to Jesus. She said, “I know what you mean. Every day that I live I thank him for [changing my life].”

Then she added a very profound statement: “You know what I’ve noticed though? People who have always been in the church, always done the right thing, always been prim and proper, do…