Finally, we must judge with grace. When our judgments lead us into personal attacks, bitterness, or raging anger, something has gone terribly wrong.17 The old cliché is right. Hate the sin and love the sinner. But if you're anything like me, you've probably wondered how it's possible to hate one without hating the other. The sin and the sinner seem inexorably tied together, don't they? Frankly, that cliché always struck me as a great sound bite but a practical impossibility. Until a friend pointed out that I was already doing it quite well in regard to one person. Myself.
