Friday Frivolity: What Pooh Hates

"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Who hated sin more than the Saints? But they did not hate the sinners at the same time, nor condemn them. But they suffered with them, gave them remedies as sickly members, and did all they could to heal them
– St. Dorotheos of Gaza
The word “hypocrite” is used to describe Christians so regularly these days that it’s practically a cliché. What people intend to communicate when they describe Christians in this way is that Christians say one thing and yet do another.
In particular, they object to the fact that Christians say that one should not sin and yet they sin! As a result, some people think that the moniker of “hypocrite” is both justified and appropriate. Unfortunately, that’s not what the word means…
We were talking about “the unforgivable sin” in Bible study a few weeks ago. Fr. Dwight posted an absolutely cracking article on it recently: