Roman Kosher
Just some Roman versions of what to eat. Every culture has its own food laws, right? These just happen to be from Caesar.
Reggio Emilia
In Reggio Emilia, where Rosanne and I happened to be, food shopping is a social event. This is why small communities are so appealing. Take a look.
Half and Half
because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:19 NASB Thus He declared – Every author has blind spots. Yes, even me! So when we read commentary and exegesis and other spiritual material, we must always keep a sharp eye for incidental,…
Torah Alignment
“Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.” Acts 15:19-20 NASB Contaminated – What’s in your refrigerator? That…
The Spiritual Diet
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, . . Psalm 42:1-3a [E] Food/Water brooks – The bread of the righteous….
Fast and Furious
Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Youthful lusts – Movies of passion, speed and (most of the time) illegal behavior. Perhaps that’s why the Vin Diesel classics appeal. We would all like to think that…
The Measuring Stick
I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perserverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. Revelation 2:19 NASB Deeds – Yeshua has eyes of fire. He sees right through us. What does He look for? “I know your deeds,” says the visionary Christ. If you read…
Spiritually Modified Food
But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of immorality. Revelation 2:14 NASB To eat things – Have you considered…
Instructions for Angels
Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Deuteronomy 4:1 NASB To perform – “The Torah was not given to angels. …
Putting It to Bed
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him, saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” Acts 11:2-3 NASB Uncircumcised men – How many times have you heard that Peter’s vision on the rooftop was God’s sign that we no longer have to follow kosher requirements? …
