Quote Originally Posted by revelarts View Post
I've imagined that in areas of public controversy, among Christians and/or the "pagans", a Pope could just quote or cite appropriate scripture without a word of commentary.
And let folks deal with it.
At that point it's not about "what the Pope said" it's up to people whether or not they will simply be honest about what the text says or if they are going to twist into pretzels trying to make it fit their agendas
Our former Pastor’s sermons consisted of going through the entire Bible verse by verse and explaining it. And would tell us, don't just take my word for it, read it yourself and decide what it means. I think that is very healthy.