I also felt uncomfortable with how this church understood the Bible. For them, it seemed useful only to justify their chosen social causes. Jesus was a political zealot, a radical figure who challenged the heresy of private, cheap-grace faith. The cross was a symbol of solidarity with the poor, suffering, and rejected minority groups. They laughed at the theology of the other church I attended. I hated that division and the critical spirit I saw toward members of Christ’s body. I didn’t see why they couldn’t hold on to the best parts of their theology while also, in humility, letting
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