As a person of faith, I have been horrified to watch Christianity’s fall from grace in mainstream America. The former president’s legacy stands out as an embodiment of what is missing today from our leaders in Congress, and in church.
Taken in context it isn’t the gotcha you think it is. Matthew chapter 10 is about Jesus telling his disciples what to expect when spreading his gospel. He is sending them out as sheep among the wolves. He tells them to expect resistance, to expect to be flogged, imprisoned, and or killed. His message will pit sons against fathers, and mothers against daughters because his message is disruptive to the existing state of religion.
Too bad they have no shame or any idea of what Christ taught. Most are just selfish hypocrites who hate more than they love.
“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar” John 4:20
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one of the best things about the bible is that it’s so incongruous you can find a passage that says pretty much anything.
Taken in context it isn’t the gotcha you think it is. Matthew chapter 10 is about Jesus telling his disciples what to expect when spreading his gospel. He is sending them out as sheep among the wolves. He tells them to expect resistance, to expect to be flogged, imprisoned, and or killed. His message will pit sons against fathers, and mothers against daughters because his message is disruptive to the existing state of religion.
pointing to something as preposterous as the bible will never be a “gotcha”
It’s such an interesting verse. A message of peace, kindness, and forgiveness cuts like a sword towards people who love to hate.