Miss Virginia lost her crown in 1995 when it was discovered that she wasn't a law student at the University of Miami as she had claimed. And a federal judge admitted he was not the brother of a boy killed in a racial incident, though he had claimed for years to be that person. Our lies usually aren't quite so public. And perhaps you are able to find lots of reasons to rationalize why it is necessary to lie. After all, you wouldn't want to hurt someone's feelings . . .
Lies seem to come in all sizes and all shades.
But as followers of Jesus Christ, we should never lie, no matter what the circumstances. No matter what the label, a lie is not the truth.