The Divided Life

The Divided Life

Dr. Eric J. Gilchrist, Pastor { September 20, 2026

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The Divided Life

Dr. Eric J. Gilchrest, Pastor

Good morning, friends. We are talking about hypocrisy this morning. I'm calling it the divided life, which is to say that we all, let's just say it, we all have parts of us that we shield from others some of us more than others. So that who you show up here and now for in the way you show up may not look the same as who you show up like on Monday morning in school or at work. And it may not be who you show up as when you're celebrating Thanksgiving with your families. I think we all know this kind of inherently, but I'll give you 1 brief story of what this could look like It was a colleague of mine who was at the institution I was at in Alabama when I was teaching there. And on the weekends, he would preach at churches in the area around Alabama. And then he would also help with a soccer team. This is not a story about me, in case you're wondering, is this really a confession? I promise this one's not. And so at the soccer games, he would kind of let loose and he'd get angry. He would let a few words fly. And so there was this one weekend where he's coaching his son's soccer team and a guy comes up to him after the game and says, hey, weren't you our preacher last Sunday? Which he has to say, I guess I was, right? And then in this moment, he realizes, my goodness, the two worlds, my 2 divided selves are colliding. And who I'm presenting myself as over here is different from who I'm presenting myself as on this day. And he finds himself in the the world of hypocrisy, which is, I don't know if you've found yourself there, at least in a public kind of way, but it's an uncomfortable