Why Christians Bond With Corrupt Leaders

One of my favorite things I do in my professional life is appear once a month on the Holy Post podcast. The podcast was founded by Phil Vischer (creator of the legendary VeggieTales franchise) and Skye Jethani, and my once-per-month appearances are called “French Fridays.” I always enjoy the conversation, but this month's edition is particularly good, and definitely not because of me. It's because of Skye. We were talking broadly about the Christian community's persistent connection to corrupt leaders (inspired by this remarkable Vanity Fair profile of Jerry Falwell Jr.), and Skye used a brilliant biblical analogy, one that explains both God's mercy and our very human tendency and temptation to bond with the wrong people.