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How would you answer a person who says, “You can’t take the Bible literally because it promotes killing homosexuals” (Lev 20:13)? 1. This particular law was only given to ancient Israel under the terms of the Old Covenant. But God is not relating to anyone under the terms of this covenant today. Rather, God is now relating to all men under the terms of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8). Hence, this is not a law which should be implemented today. 2. This passage does not promote killing homosexuals. This is simply false – and it is important to say so. This particular law requires that those who engage in homosexual activity be put to death. Even under the Old Covenant, a person with homosexual inclinations or attractions, who refused to act on them, would NOT be put to death. What is at issue here is homosexual activity – not homosexual attraction. 3. God takes sin very seriously and His holiness and moral perfection require that He deal with it as it deserves. Under the terms of the Old Covenant, homosexual behavior was not unique in meriting the sentence of death. Adultery (Lev. 20:10), blasphemy (Lev. 24:16), murder (Exod. 21:12), striking one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:15), kidnapping (Exod. 21:16), cursing one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:17), and other acts as well, all merited the death sentence under the Old Covenant. Even Sabbath violations received the death sentence (Exod. 31:14). 4. God disapproves of all sexual sin – not just homosexual activity. God disapproves of adultery, fornication, rape, incest, bestiality, as well as homosexual sin. Again, homosexual sin is not unique in being prohibited by God. All sexual sin is prohibited. The Bible allows for sexual activity only within the confines of one man/one woman heterosexual marriage. Any kind of sexual activity outside of this is sin (Michael Gleghorn).
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Our Western worldview gets involved here once again. We have a strong tendency to want to analyze everything and place the parts in neat, mutually exclusive categories. So we ask questions like, How do I know whether it is the world, the flesh, or the devil? My response is that most situations will involve some of each element to some extent… (They) are treated as working together so closely that you cannot talk about one without talking about the other. The flesh is the earthly qualities about which enable us to respond to the temptation. The world is the milieu in which we live and which is under the control of 'the ruler of the kingdom of the air.' Satan and his demons know what fleshly parts of us are especially vulnerable, and they use the stimuli of the world around us to arouse sinful thought in us. The Devil would be a fool not to try to take advantage of the world and the flesh in his aim to destroy us.
Timothy Warner

Martha Stewart’s Pesto

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Eggs, Grains 1 servings

INGREDIENTS

3 c Basil leaves
3 tb Parmesano-Reggiano
2 tb Pinenuts
2 Garlic cloves; chopped
1 c Extra-virgin olive oil
Salt
Freshly-ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Pulse basil leaves, cheese, pinenuts, and garlic cloves in a food processor
until finely chopped. With the machine running, pour in olive oil in a
thin, steady stream, blending until the mixture is well combined and
emulsified. Pair pesto with a long, thin pasta such as fettuccine or
spaghetti. Makes 2 cups (enough for 1 1/2 pounds pasta). PESTO ICE CUBES:
Preserve the taste of summer by freezing pesto in an ice-cube tray. Fill
each cell with pesto, about 1 tablespoon, and freeze. Remove frozen cubes
from tray, and store in a freezer bag. Thaw before using, and allow 1 to 2
pesto ice cubes for each serving of pasta.
Source: "Martha Stewart Living - (www.marthastewart.com)" S(Formatted for
MC5): "by Lynn Thomas - Lynn_Thomas@prodigy.net" Yield: "2 cups"
Per serving: 1932 Calories (kcal); 216g Total Fat; (98% calories from fat);
1g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 3mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0
Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 43 Fat; 0 Other
Carbohydrates
Recipe by: Martha Stewart
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