Lepers No More

Ex-convicts in general, and former sex offenders in particular, are treated as outcasts in modern society. Once a person is assigned a label of "ex-convict", "felon", or "sex offender", they are set up for many unique lifetime challenges and trials other people typically do not endure.

In a remarkably striking sense, they might be considered as modern day "lepers".

In contrast to the rest of society, Jesus was neither repulsed by, nor fearful of, lepers in His time of ministry here on Earth. ...