Despite what those who jumped the gun back in October might have us believe, this week is the official start of the Holiday Eating Season. Researchers estimate that the average American gains one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.. I take pride in being above average in this regard.

Let’s forget about moderation. Let’s throw common sense into the wind. Let’s break out the sweat pants and admit that we’re going to be eating a bunch of food over the next month or so.

If everything we do has the potential to be a spiritual act and can connect us with the reality of God, then I’m taking the responsibility upon myself to equip you to eat your food in as Christianly a way as possible.

So over the next few days I’m going to do a theology of food. I did a similar study yesterday and it must have worked. After church, everybody left to eat lunch. I love it when people respond to my sermons in such a positive way. I assume those who left in the middle of the sermon must have been really hungry.

What does the Bible have to say about food?

Quite a lot.

If all the stories, discussions, descriptions, and allusions that have to do with food were taken out of the Bible, it would be one skinny book. We could call it the Richard Simmons Bible. Similar to the Thomas Jefferson Bible which excised all of the miracles of Jesus, the Richard Simmons Bible would annoy the sweat out of us.

No one would read a foodless Bible, because it wouldn’t have much to say. Food plays a major role in the Biblical story. Tomorrow we’ll see how.

2 responses so far...

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website