# We can't pick and choose Scriptures.  The popular versus are not more inspired than the less renown verses.

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Podcast: [The Bible and Our Culture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bible-and-our-culture-6576054)
Published: 2026-06-07T14:52:27+00:00
Episode link: https://pastorjayt.podbean.com/e/we-cant-pick-and-choose-scriptures%c2%a0-the-popular-versus-are-not-more-inspired-than-the-less-renown-verses/
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## Resource

"Lose your soul," "take up your cross" "surrender all" versus typical American sales and marketing. Why are we ashamed of our biblical morals? The lies the world and "Christianity" tells about following Jesus.

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