God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
On the one hand, [we] are called to abandon bitterness, to be forbearing, to have a forgiving stance even where the repentance of the offending party is conspicuous by its absence; on the other hand, their God-centered passion for justice, their concerns for God's glory, ensure that the awful odium of sin is not glossed over.
