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We will be releasing a two-part “Ask Doug” discussion based on this video clip later this week. Stay tuned!
This excerpt was taken from the sermon Love is Not Relativism preached by Douglas Wilson on May 30, 2010 at Christ Church, Moscow, ID.
Related post: Ask Nancy on Guests, Hospitality, and Allergies.
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Thanks for this post. Living in Southern California, I often feel at the epicenter of food-fadism. It can be very, very annoying.
I wonder though, if there is a way for us to think more deeply about food given the “industrial food complex” as it stands in America. Michael Pollan’s book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” is very thought-provoking, and he features a Christian farmer who is worth listening to. Check out Joel Salatin at http://www.polyfacefarms.com. He is a philosopher-farmer of sorts, and I think his approach fits well with an understanding of Christian stewardship over creation. I have found this to be a very helpful entry point in talking to liberal non-believers about a Christian understanding of the environment, ecology, our bodies, etc.
Food for thought.
I have written a series of responses to Pastor Doug’s comments that God doesn’t care. I argue that God does in fact care what we eat and that there is a Biblical relation between physical health and spiritual health. Following are links to my articles:
God Cares What’s in the Pot (Part 1)
http://grasping-the-essence.blogspot.com/2012/01/god-cares-whats-in-pot-part-1.html
God Cares What’s in the Pot (Part 2)
http://grasping-the-essence.blogspot.com/2012/01/god-cares-whats-in-pot-part-2.html
To say that God does not care about what we eat is a very simplistic statement. Every aspect of our lives as Christians has an ethical dimension to it. There is not a single issue that God does not care about. Eating to the glory of God not only has to do with our being thankful for it but also with treating our bodies as the temples of the Holy Spirit. We are to use the creation but certainly not abuse it and food processing and provenance has an ethical dimension to it as well. There needs to be a whole lot more thought put into the “ethics of food.” If we Christians refuse to do that work, we only confirm unbelievers’ suspicions that we are abusing God’s creation, instead of treating it redemptively.
Eowyn, stay tuned for the next few videos this week, which address all this in much more detail.
blessings,
Daniel (Producer)
Mathew 15:11 “it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
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