1998 by Earl Janssen. All rights reserved. People lose trust in a leader because one minute he is professing one thing, then, without warning, something entirely different is exposed. Just when you think that you've gotten to know someone, and what to expect from them, something comes to light that shatters it all. Trust is gone.
People feel betrayed.
We wonder just what is next. I'm not talking about President Clinton here. I'm talking about St. Paul. Today we are commemorating the conversion of St. Paul. From the normal Christian perspective, that transformation in the life of this man was a marvelous thing.