In this article, the author highlights the role that self-deception, and then, the deception of the victim play in clergy sexual abuse.

This article is an apology for the value of truth. Truth matters for Groothuis. He seeks honesty when dealing with truth for apologetic purposes. In this article he first explores the relationship of truth, self-deception, and personal virtue. He further considers the role of humility in the quest for truth and warns against the vice of intellectual apathy.

Secret sins and self-deception are to a Christian what canker is to a tree. Through self-examination and the work of the Spirit, we can avoid spiritual disaster in our Christian life.

This article is about defending the faith and the self-deception of the unbeliever. The author talks about the self-deception we find in this world, and then looks at what Scriptures says about self-deception, especially Romans 1:18-32. The author then continues to look at how we should confront self-deception and the concludes with some remarks on 1 Peter 3:15.