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b'In his Pentecost 23 sermon John Bluck, retired bishop of Waiapu, looks at the images presented by NZ public figures and wonders if they are credible.\\xa0 While seeking to be believable are they credible.\\xa0 Who does God listen to?\\n"It was\\xa0a rough couple of weeks for Bill English. He\\u2019d just explained his way out of the living\\xa0expending,\\xa0family entrusting tangle when a row breaks out over a not very plain tv promo for a programme called Plain English.\\n"But things are looking up for Bill, unlike\\xa0Rodney Hyde who usually dances his way lightly through\\xa0the media wonderland. But he\\u2019s been stumbling about in a controversy over his partner\\u2019s travel costs and his throwaway lines about the prime minister. He won\\u2019t be winning any bonus points this month for nimble footwork.\\n"Nor will Bishop and now becoming King Brian Tamaki with his claims to\\xa0divinely bestowed royalty in the Old Testament model of\\xa0David and oaths of allegiance from followers in the model of the Mafia.\\n"But Graham Henry will do better because all he has to do to silence the carping from\\xa0the twilight world of\\xa0radio talk back is to win a game. And the All Blacks have awon two in a row. Winning is believing.\\n"It\\u2019s hard to become a public figure and be heard in this country. And its even harder to stay credible and believable."\\nFull text and video links available at www.stmatthews.org.nz.'