Like some other Christians, I’ve been accused of “cherry picking” the Bible. After all, fundamentalists teach that everything in the Bible is literally true, and that a “true” Christian must be conservative.

But, all Christians are cherry pickers. Nobody follows everything. Some concepts are just wrong – especially if we filter them through Christ who we claim to follow.

Bishop Marian Budde was chastised for urging President Trump to have “mercy” on Americans’ who feared his policies:

"I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away. And that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here. Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stra

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