Grace of the Amazing Variety

Confession Is Not a Competition

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:'Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector.The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, "God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this …