Mark 7 is quoted at us constantly. The dispute in that chapter was about hand-washing traditions, not about what may be killed and eaten.
This study is part of the Vegan Christian Discipleship School, where we take one hard question at a time and work through the relevant passages in context.
Deuteronomy 12 and Numbers 11 are often read as divine approval. In context they read as concession to appetite — and the story around them makes the difference clear.
One of the two or three passages raised most often against us. Read in context, Peter’s vision is about the inclusion of Gentiles — and the text says so plainly.
Ignorance, tradition, deception, profit, and institutional caution. An honest look at why the church has been slow here.
A question with real stakes for how Christians read the end of the story. What the cross settled, and whether it settled it permanently.
A close reading of a phrase that carries a great deal of theological weight, and what it meant to the people who first wrote it down.
Who hunts in Scripture, and how those men are portrayed. Humanity is placed in a garden as a gardener, not sent into a field as a hunter.