Faithful Writers

Cherry-picking Scripture isn’t new, but the modern church has gotten bold about it. Verses are yanked out of context, elevated into doctrines, and built into entire belief systems. Anything that challenges those fragments gets dismissed as outdated, misunderstood, or 'not for today.

I think more so, my mind should stay fixed on my Savior, the Author and Finisher of my Faith. The beauty of Who He is far more captivating than any of my five senses have beheld, albeit they’ve beheld much.

We usually come to God ready to unload.But good conversation starts with listening. Scripture gives us God’s side of the conversation — His tone, His heart, His repeated themes of mercy, justice, presence, and love.

Scripture became a tool for being “good.” Read your Bible, pray, go to church — repeat. But what if we stop treating it like a test or task? What if we drop the performance and crack open the Bible for real?