Controversy casts a shadow over the red-letter portions of the New Testament. Theologians strike, dodge and parry--are the words of Jesus more inspired than other words in both Old and New Testaments? This is not my controversy but it is my dilemma. I choose not to bear arms in this hermeneutical battle, as my personal struggle is not with differing degrees of inspiration but with the simple doing of what Jesus instructs. What I want most is a "red-letter lifestyle," one in which I actually do what Jesus actually said I should. Am I a living translation of the Sermon on the Mount and every other plain spoken directive of the living Christ?
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