Sympathy is an easily manipulated impulse. Christians must navigate compassion without compromising truth or accepting sin.

Playing the Sympathy Card

ByCharles Fry

God’s word endorses mercy, as Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7). The prophet Hosea wrote that God desires “mercy, and not sacrifice” (Hosea 6:6), which Jesus echoed (Matthew 12:7). The Lord wants mercy more than rituals performed by worshipers. James warns us that “judgment is without mercy to…

The love of the truth explores the significance of truth, deception, and salvation in light of God's word. Truth leads to eternal safety.

The Love of the Truth

ByRoy Loney

The very first sin committed on earth was a result of believing the devil’s lie in preference to accepting God’s truth. God had told Adam and Eve that eating of the forbidden fruit would bring death, but the serpent contradicted God, and with his smooth, deceptive words beguiled the woman, and she fell into his…