Dinner and a Bible, aka the funny things my kids say in front of Jesus.

Ian researched what it means to be non-argumentative. How that is actually spiritual.

I can’t even begin to understand but it’s important to note, people who state they don’t pick and choose what the Bible says actually do. Jesus made mention no one can make it into heaven with the burden the Bible demands. It’s true. So make the decision that the Bible is a parable and take the important stuff in and the odd details are the trees keeping you from seeing the forest.

Logic can be spun around with the many stories in the Bible. Mercy, murder, forgiveness, original sin, innocence, kindness, do this and that… read all of it, as a parable, where one message is more important than the tangent data.

We talk about David’s family and how rape, incest, lack of action by the King, lead to murder, ousting of David as King (and he knew he deserved it) and the gray area that is baby death versus abortion. Why isn’t it specifically in the Bible? Abortion has been around thousands of years before Christ. Shouldn’t it have been discussed? History of the church (before voting was a thing) abortion was not an issue.

Those who take the Bible as black and white don’t understand parables. Those who don’t understand parables are Pharisees. Good luck everyone. Includes muse. Raise your kids with morals and we won’t need laws to make them moral.

There is a bit of Mosaic law that will never go away. Throwing out the women from camp during their monthly? Gone. Killing men and women who commit adultery? Gone. Being able to sell your daughter? Gone. Kill those who worship other Gods? Gone. Don’t eat pork? Gone. Don’t lend with interest rates? Gone. Yet some things don’t go away. Love covers a multitude of sin. We seem to forget it’s not about us (Mosaic) versus them (everyone else) and Jesus made that clear.

So our trip to America’s West was derailed by my daughter. I believe that was also a blessing from God.

This country is getting scary. Politics is more like a major league sports rivalry but with the country’s future in jeopardy. Raise your children at home with wise fear of the world not hatred of it.

We talk about money and clothes in this conversation of Dinner and a Bible.

The unrealistic societal expectation for success is from the devil. Happiness is so easily robbed from those who think their future is predictable. This is a long conversation. Hope you can listen all the way through.