Several years ago, when Donald Trump was running for the US Presidency, he wanted to convince evangelical voters that he was one of them, so he let it be known that he was a Christian, born and raised Presbyterian even. That was a bit of a surprise to us Presbyterians, but no matter. Reporters pressed him on that and asked which he preferred, the Old Testament or the New. He said he liked them both. They asked him what was his favorite Bible verse; he said he didn’t have a favorite, he liked them all. Uh-huh.

Well, most of us do have a favorite or two, and I would be willing to bet (although raised as a Presbyterian, I was taught early on that such would be frowned upon) that many would choose John 3:16. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever beli…