Sometimes I almost feel sorry for hypocrites. Don’t you? Everybody hates a hypocrite. Isn’t that right? We may be able to tolerate diverse groups of people in our society, but one group that does not get compassion is the group made up of people who publicly stand for one thing and do something else.

We might be able to stomach a politician who allegedly solicits gay sex, but not when he’s one of Congress’ leading gay bashers. It somehow troubles us when we see someone who expresses concern about global warming, and they drive the biggest gas guzzler in the community. Or how about the guy whose always talking about tithing, but gives a paltry percentage of his income to the church.

Even Jesus disliked hypocrites. We’re often reminded that Jesus never called anyone a sinner, and that’s tr…