"Judge not, lest you be judged"—it might be the most quoted Bible verse by people who've never read the Bible. Stephen Davey calls it the emancipation proclamation of our culture, the ready-made comeback for anyone who doesn't want to hear they're wrong. But he says Scripture actually calls believers to judge plenty of things—immoral behavior, false teaching, even their own hearts. So what was Jesus actually condemning in Luke 6:37? Not discernment. Something far more specific—and far more common than you'd think.
Every Reason to Judge
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