We're talking about the necessary synergy between orthodoxy, that's a big word that simply

means what we believe to be true of God and orthopraxy.

That is how we live in light of what we believe to be true of God.

Now obviously we're all sinners and nobody's faith walk is flawless this side of glory,

but the gap between what we profess and how we live is a seedbed of hypocrisy that

has the power to shred communities and families, as well as empower those who insist Christianity

isn't credible because its practitioners are a bunch of liars and fakes.

And frankly, y'all, our detractors have some valid points.

If what we believe to be true of God is simply printed on a mission statement and hung on a wall,

but isn't lived out with conviction, authenticity and love, then our faith isn't legitimate.

So grab a cup of coffee in your Bible unless you're driving or on the elliptical

and come hang out on the porch with us.

How you know one of the themes of today's episode is hypocrisy.

Yes.

And so I need to start with a confessional because goodness gracious the shoe fits for me sometimes.

You know, I was 50 when I brought Missy home from Haiti.

So I went through minipause and motherhood at the same time.

And during minipause, I developed a spiritual gift that I'm just going to call projectile

perspiration. And so a couple of years ago, I woke up at like four or five o'clock in the morning

because I was in a pool of my own making and I decided I'm going to go ahead and get up because

this is gross and I'm going to go to the kitchen and I'm going to make some really, really hot

coffee because I thought, you know, maybe it'd be like a sauna, like the hot coffee would trick

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