I believe the meaning is the same either way you word it. I don’t know about my version being the “leftist/liberal” version - I am 51 years old, daughter of a Southern Baptist deacon - I was in the church every time the doors were open & that’s the way I’ve always heard it said.
Judging what’s in someone’s heart - only the Lord can do that - not Dobson. Even by your version of the saying - Dobson falls short. He is in no way capable of judging someone’s faith, therefore - he was wrong & should have kept his mouth shut.
Not trying to pick a fight -
Have you or have you not heard leftists use that shortened version to justify not judging behaviors as right and wrong, productive or destructive? That’s the biggest (and only) sin to a leftist - judging someone’s behaviorial choices, though they don’t seem to think it’s a sin to hate conservative/traditional values.
Bott radio had a speaker on about a month ago that brought up the fact that the most oft-quoted bible verse used to be John 3:16, and now it is the “judge not” (without the “same measure”) verse.