Lying is What They Do

Lying is What They Do

Author: ChristKirk January 11, 2026 Duration: 37:05

Lying is not just something that people do when they are little boys getting into the cookie jar. We sometimes naively assume that greater responsibility means that there must be greater levels of integrity. But it is often the case that the higher up you go—whether in civil or ecclesiastical government—the greater the incentives and pressures to give way to deceit. The cookie jar is much bigger, and deception rises to an art form.


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Christ Church (Moscow, ID)
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