Good morning. Grace and peace to you. Today’s Kindle deals include as massive list from Zondervan. Don’t miss it! (Yesterday on the blog: The Secret of a Blessed, Useful Life) What Do Israel’s Food Laws Have to Do with Our Holiness? “When we get to Leviticus in our Bible reading plans, how many of us read every word of chapter 11? It’s not most people’s idea of engaging literature. The Lord provides a long list of which animals were ritually pure and which were ritually impure. The pure ones could be eaten; the impure ones couldn’t. If we do make it through the list, one of the first questions we ask is ‘Why? What makes an animal pure or impure?’ Interpreters have ventured various guesses.” Avoiding Quick Repairs in Counseling This article encourages Christian counselors to resist the temptation toward quick repairs. Is creation worth fighting about? “In the creation vs. theistic evolution debate, there are a lot of Christians who aren’t prepared to pick a side. They aren’t loyal to 6 days or billions of years, perhaps believing they need a theology or science degree to be qualified to take a stand. They don’t want to be forced to pick one team over the other. However, when the question is ‘Does this matter?’ then not picking a side is still picking a side. Refusing to choose is only legitimate if this is no big thing. So is it really no big thing… or is it huge?” 50+ Free Teaching Series in the Ligonier App … Continue reading A La Carte (October 30)