By Laura Sandretti
As a brand new Christian I remember overhearing an older, wiser woman at my church say she would never use The Message Bible. Many people I knew, pastors I had heard, and authors I read used and cited this paraphrase on the Bible, but after hearing my mentor condemn it, I remember wondering who was “right”? I also remember trying to figure out who was right is other areas of my life. I had heard a plethora of conflicting opinions from Christians about trick-or-treat, yoga, and even what worship music was “right.”
Today, I am in seminary and have been a Christ-follower for almost two decades. I have listened to countless sermons from Tim Keller and Stuart Briscoe. I have taken classes on systematic theology and apologetics, and I have studied under some very knowledgeable professors. I have tried to teach and model biblical living to my three teenagers and yet, unfortunately, I’m quite certain I’m more confused about who’s “right” than ever before.
