Some of the people sitting in the pews on Sundays have pasts that would make nice church ladies blink very fast. We sit amongst former murderers, thieves, drunkards, and homosexuals. We know this because Paul tells us that such were some of us. Today, it is not considered "nice" to tell someone that "once a drunkard, NOT always a drunkard" but the mercy of the wicked is cruel. Let's talk the protected sin: addiction.