A few years ago I switched to an entirely different kind of New Year's resolution. Instead of vowing to improve, I pledge to do a better job of accepting my bad habits - to stop worrying about failing to be the person I used to imagine I could be.
My commitment to the Bible [is my] source of progressive values. - Mel White
My commitment to the Bible [is my] source of progressive values.
- Mel White
Real love cannot be silent in the face of injustice. - Mel White
Real love cannot be silent in the face of injustice.
If there is any one message the Bible delivers, it is the message that God loves outcasts and that Jesus was born into the world an outcast to rescue… - Mel White
If there is any one message the Bible delivers, it is the message that God loves outcasts and that Jesus was born into the world an outcast to rescue…
Like the people of Israel who created a golden calf to represent God while Moses was away, fundamentalist Christians have built their own idols to re… - Mel White
Like the people of Israel who created a golden calf to represent God while Moses was away, fundamentalist Christians have built their own idols to re…
Although I claim to be a Christian, I live at a moment in time when the Christian faith is being defined by fundamentalists who have dishonored Chris… - Mel White
Although I claim to be a Christian, I live at a moment in time when the Christian faith is being defined by fundamentalists who have dishonored Chris…
The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical… - Mel White
The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical…
The Bible is not a book of magic. It's a book of mystery. You can't just quote verses that support your prejudices or guarantee your health, wealth, … - Mel White
The Bible is not a book of magic. It's a book of mystery. You can't just quote verses that support your prejudices or guarantee your health, wealth, …
I am gay. I am proud. And God loves me without reservation. - Mel White
I am gay. I am proud. And God loves me without reservation.
The Bible becomes a dead idol when we call the words between its covers inerrant, infallible, to be taken literally. This is not a dead book. It is a… - Mel White
The Bible becomes a dead idol when we call the words between its covers inerrant, infallible, to be taken literally. This is not a dead book. It is a…
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