Some time ago I read By What Standard? The men whose writings comprise the book are warriors for truth. I have had some of them as professors, and they are as solid in person as they are on the page.

One of the zingers from this book still sticks with me.

It is from Thomas Sowell: “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

Now, that’s a sermon we need to hear and heed.