Over the next few weeks, we are going to talk about this problem. Specifically, I want to talk about the biggest ways in which Jesus’ name is being distorted and his message is being misrepresented by those who claim to speak for him. As we do that, I want to instead teach and remind us of what Jesus actually said, what he actually stands for, what he actually commands us to do.

The distortion we'll talk about today is the belief that it is faithful to exclude and marginalize certain people, when what Jesus practiced was the radical inclusion of all.