Misusing the Bible
Christians from across the US are disgusted with Jeff Sessions and Sarah Sanders' interpretation of Scripture to justify separating children and parents who are seeking asylum. I am disgusted too. My facebook feed is filled with people offering a Christ-like, loving alternatives to this twisted interpretation of Scripture. I can’t offer anything different or new, but if your facebook feed doesn’t look like mine, and you don’t know why Sessions and Sanders are wrong, let me offer you the highlights. 1. Sanders and Sessions are proof texting. Don’t know what that is? Go here . Biblical scholars often point out the dangers of proof texting. (Side note: If you do it in seminary, you get a bad grade. Trust me—I tried it once.) Why is it bad? It undermines the authority of the Bible when people cherry pick passages to make points that aren’t necessarily consistent with the overarching message/themes/story of the Biblical text. When people prooftext to j