Sinclair B. Ferguson

I wonder if you've ever spilt a tiny blob of soup on your new silk tie, or maybe a small piece of mud gets splashed on your dress, or there's a tiny scratch on your new car.

I wonder if you've ever spilt a tiny blob of soup on your new silk tie, or maybe a small piece of mud gets splashed on your dress, or there's a tiny scratch on your new car.

Well, that's very depressing, but what is even more depressing is that's what everybody seems to notice.

Well, that's very depressing, but what is even more depressing is that's what everybody seems to notice.

They don't say, I like your new car.

They don't say, I like your new car.

They say, there's a scratch on your new car.

They say, there's a scratch on your new car.

Or they say, there's a spot on the tie.

Or they say, there's a spot on the tie.

Did you notice it?

Did you notice it?

Or, what did you do to your dress?

Or, what did you do to your dress?

It's this strange phenomenon that very small things can spoil the whole, and everybody notices.

It's this strange phenomenon that very small things can spoil the whole, and everybody notices.

And John Newton writes this letter about the spiritual equivalent of this in his fellow Christians.

And John Newton writes this letter about the spiritual equivalent of this in his fellow Christians.

Here are Christians who, in many respects, are admirable.

Here are Christians who, in many respects, are admirable.