 Hypocrites in the church? Do tell. Listen, you could not be a pastor for as many years as I've been a pastor without realizing that there are hypocrites in the church. And that doesn't mean that the gospel has failed and nor has it taken God by surprise. Expect there to be hypocrites in the church. The devil is at work and every church has them. And it's not our job to go through in Christendom and try to separate the wheat from the tares.