Reading the Bible for what it says and not what you want it to say applies to all sides.
Words have the power of life and death.
People who use the Bible as a weapon are as bad off as those who ignore it.
Jesus ate with sinners and railed against synagogue leaders. One of the few positive exchanges Jesus had with a synagogue leader, Nicodemus, resulted in Him asking how Nicodemus could hope to teach anyone when even he himself didn’t understand the teaching.
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Reading the Bible for what it says and not what you want it to say applies to all sides.
Words have the power of life and death.
People who use the Bible as a weapon are as bad off as those who ignore it.
Jesus ate with sinners and railed against synagogue leaders. One of the few positive exchanges Jesus had with a synagogue leader, Nicodemus, resulted in Him asking how Nicodemus could hope to teach anyone when even he himself didn’t understand the teaching.