In the church we too easily write off moral losers as somehow beyond useful redemption. Such folks too often find themselves relegated to some kind of second-class citizenship.

In Matthew 1 we don’t get far into Jesus’ family tree before we start seeing the moral losers.

“And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar…” (3).

“And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab…” (5).

“And David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias” (6).

Then there’s the matter of Joseph and Mary:

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child” (18).

How can I help redeem, restore, and reuse moral losers?