Haught's words make false claims, mispresents Jesus and his values

Last week in the Free Press (Dec. 3 issue) offered a guest editorial, written by James Haught, portraying Jesus as a flaming liberal and supporting the political left, Pope Francis and liberation theology. The writer used partial quotes, misinterpretations of Jesus’ words from eight biblical references (in order Mt. 5:3; 19:21; 25:35 and 40; Lk. 14:12-14; 10:25-37; Jn. 7:53-8:11; Lk. 20:25; Mt. 5:9) and ignored contexts. His “conclusions” claimed a higher moral ground for non-churched political left than for both Christian evangelicals and the Republican Party.

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