Is there a better way to respond when sin is exposed?

When a person’s sin is exposed, it is simultaneously tragic and a good thing. The tragic aspect is that evil of any sort has been perpetrated. People have been hurt. Trust has been violated. Harm has been done. Sin is never victimless because it doesn’t exist in a vacuum, something we’re reminded of every time the sin of a Christian with any degree of notoriety is exposed.

The good, of course, is that exposure brings sin into the light. This is true whether its exposure was motivated by inw...