Elmer Gantry was a novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 exposing so much of the preaching culture that thrived on hucksterism and hypocrisy; hell-fire, damnation and sweet salvation. It was made into a 1960 film that garnered several Academy Awards and was condemned by a variety of Protestant church leaders. All religious people, Christian and other traditions, we need to be kept honest. So if we know what hypocritical evangelism looks like, what about the real thing? This week, Jesus of Nazareth and his 72 disciples. Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070322.cfm Music: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 (Mozart) by Musicians from Marlboro is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.