Name: Eggplant, Squash and Tomato with Roasted Garlic Vinagrette
Ingredients: 4 lg Garlic cloves; unpeeled; Olive oil; 1 1/2 tb Balsamic vinegar; 1/3 c Olive oil; 3 lg Japanese eggplants, cut crosswise into; 1/2"-thick-rounds; 3 lg Summer squash, cut crosswise into; 1/2"- thick-rounds; 3 Tomatoes; thinly sliced; 16 Fresh basil leaves

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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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs	Italian	Italian/, Tuscan	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Garlic cloves; unpeeled
		Olive oil
1 1/2	tb	Balsamic vinegar
1/3	c	Olive oil
3	lg	Japanese eggplants, cut crosswise into
		1/2"-thick-rounds
3	lg	Summer squash, cut crosswise into
		1/2"- thick-rounds
3		Tomatoes; thinly sliced
16		Fresh basil leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350#161#F. Place unpeeled garlic cloves in small baking
dish. Drizzle garlic with olive oil and toss to coat. Roast garlic until
very tender, about 25 minutes. Cool. Peel garlic and mince. Transfer to
small bowl. Mix in balsamic vinegar. Gradually mix in olive oil. Set aside.
Preheat broiler. Arrange eggplant slices in single layer on broiler pan.
Brush both sides with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil until
beginning to brown, about 4 minutes per side. Arrange squash slices in
single layer on broiler pan. Brush tops of squash with olive oil; season
with salt and pepper. Broil until tops begin to brown, about 4 minutes.
Alternate eggplant and squash slices around edge of serving platter,
overlapping slightly. Arrange tomato slices in center of platter. Sprinkle
tomatoes with salt and pepper. Drizzle dressing over salad. (Salad can be
prepared 2 hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.) Sprinkle
salad with chopped fresh basil and serve.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #200
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:13:49 -0400
From: [email protected]
Suggested Wine: Beaujolais or Dolcetto
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 535 0 5179 0 0 0

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