CONNECTING POINT - Not My Jesus: To Judge or Not to Judge

Dear reader, the resounding question over many years seems to be, “Are we to judge people or refrain from judging them?” One of the most debated and misunderstood Bible passages occurs at the start of the Gospel of Matthew chapter seven. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” When reading the Bible, we must always stay in context. Here, Jesus is warning against hypocritical condemnation of others. He continues, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your...