To tell the truth

Again, another scandal in Washington. Another man confessing bribes, lies and fraud.
Lying seems to be pandemic there.

But isn't it a temptation everywhere else too? In misleding ads, in silky smooth rhetoric, in promises made to children, in promises made to spouses, in promises made by companies to workers, in promises made by self-aggrandizing evangelists (Joel Osteen), in the sale of cars out of Katrina by dealers anxious to make a buck, in government's promises to care for the elderly, ill and homeless (Tenn Care), in all who promise more than can be delivered.

Paul urged Timothy in I Tim. 4:12 to "set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity."

May that be our charge in the New Year too.