![]() ![]() Give drink to the thirsty, clothing to the naked. Want to wave a Bible in the air? Want to be on the side of Jesus? Then find the sick and heal them. Love your neighbor as yourself (Who is your neighbor? The stranger, the other, the wounded in need of care.). Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant. Such words that would humble the mighty should they have the ears to hear:īlessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. You know why? Because the message of Jesus contained therein is tattooed on my soul. ![]() I promise not to wave any of them at you as a weapon. I have over a dozen Bibles in my house in various translations and the original languages, some of my own, some inherited from my family, marked and re-marked. I am a preacher’s kid, who went on to study the Bible academically in college and seminary. But how can I express how deeply offended and saddened I am by this display of naked yoking of political agenda with religious symbolism, when what comes out of his own mouth on a daily basis is in bald-faced contradiction of the words of Jesus contained in that book? Instead I will share a song I wrote over 20 years ago. President standing in front of an Episcopalian church across the way from the White House, waving a Bible like a weapon, so I’m won’t need to show it again.
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