Uncensored: Daring to Embrace the Entire Bible

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“God’s Word is inspired, inerrant, and authoritative. Rather than attempting to shape it into something of my making, I am being molded and shaped by it. There are truths in the Bible that seem to shake me to the core, but it beckons my trust and confidence in a God who is using His Word to take me to His intended destination. As R. C. Sproul has said, ‘When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.’” (source)

“A third type of cherry picker might live closer to home: those who cherry-pick the Scriptures for a feel-good faith without realizing they’re doing it. Here’s where I must raise my hand and say, ‘Yep, that’s me.’ This type of churchgoing, John 3:16–affirming picker is oftentimes ‘functionally embarrassed’ by the Bible. We’re not openly or blatantly embarrassed by Scripture, but we functionally reveal our embarrassment of the truth of the Bible by affirming, discussing, quoting, and preaching only certain passages while overlooking many others.” (source)

“The people stood for the reading of the Bible out of respect and reverence for God’s Word (which I loved!) but only for readings from the Gospels.” (source)

“Essentially, context involves the various historical circumstances and literary information that surround a particular text or event.” (source)

“I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy” (source)