We ought to be able to give honour where honour is due, even if it's not on our side of politics.
But it should also be possible for the Christian Church to publicly advocate the need for repentance without being unmerciful about it.
And it should be possible for the Church to exemplify generosity without labelling it a "social injustice" if a citizen wants to retain the freedom to decide where and how much of his own resources he gives.
Being merciful shouldn't require us to be in virtual public denial about the word "sin".
Neither should being socially generous require us to advocate some socialist, redistributionist policy that weakens the universal value of private property rights.
The Church's unmerciful past needn't be overcompensated for by now becoming licentious.
Jesus was more gracious than ever anyone was - but neither did He avoid terms like "repent" and "go and sin no more".
He's our example!
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