God Said It

Half Truths - Part 3: God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It ??? Week 3 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good. This week, my wife Rev. McKenzie Sefa reflects on the danger of using the “God Said It” line as a way of shutting down difficult conversations and manipulating Scripture to say whatever we want it to mean. The Bible is a complex text that includes multiple voices wrestling together with how to discern God’s will in their context. Instead of taking random verses to use as weapons, perhaps we should first consider the larger narrative of scripture, and even more, how our particular claim aligns with the life and teachings of Jesus, the Living Word. __________