Sermons on Flattery

How the Gospel Impacts the Pastor It’s no secret to any of you that the media loves bad news.  Bad news sells.  Bad news titillates the public.  Bad news can be used as a tool to further personal agendas, as we saw in the recent tragedy in Tuscon, Arizona.  The media particularly likes bad news when it focuses on a politician they don’t like.  The conviction of Tom Delay and the fall of John Edwards received a lot of attention because both men had already…