How are we as Christians to respond to the Epstein documents?
Several thoughts come to mind. First, Jesus promised that shameful and evil things like this would be brought to light:
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. (Luke 8:17)
Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. (Luke 12:3)
Second, we shouldn’t be surprised at the depths of human depravity, because “pagans gonna pagan.” Jeremiah 17:9 exposes the truth about us: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. . .” It can be tempting to look down our noses on the men and women whose behavior is being exposed with a self-righteous “Well, I would never do such a thing!” But humility can allow this revelation to serve as a painful reminder that every single one of us has a heart so equally deceitful and desperately wicked that it required the torture and death of God’s Son.
Apart from the breathtaking grace of God, each of us has the capacity to do what is being revealed in the Epstein documents. Romans 8:17 reminds us that “nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.” The Fall broke every human being so much that the only good things in us come from the imago Dei, the image of God imprinted on us. And only the regenerated heart can transform us into people who wouldn’t think to engage in the kind of behaviors the Epstein Files are revealing.
Finally, the files tell the story of the rich and famous seeking to rub shoulders with other rich and famous people. What drives the attraction to celebrity may be the hope that some of others’ fame and specialness will rub off on an insecure heart and fill its emptiness. What a reminder that we are all born with a God-shaped hole in our hearts that nothing but God Himself will fill and satisfy.
Hope you find this helpful.
Sue Bohlin
Posted March 2026
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Sue Bohlin
Sue Bohlin is an associate speaker/writer and webmistress for Probe Ministries. She attended the University of Illinois, and has been a Bible teacher and conference speaker for over 40 years. She is a speaker for MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) and Stonecroft Ministries (Christian Women's Connections), and serves on the board of Living Hope Ministries, a Christ-centered outreach to those dealing with unwanted homosexuality, as well as Mama Bear Apologetics. Sue is on the Bible.org Women's Leadership Team and is a regular contributor to Bible.org's Engage Blog. In addition to being a professional calligrapher, she is the wife of Probe's Dr. Ray Bohlin and the mother of a son in San Francisco and another son who joined his baby sister in heaven in 2024.. Her personal website is suebohlin.com.
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