When it comes to explaining the dietary laws in Leviticus, outside of the fallacious health and hygiene reasons discussed in my last post, scholars have two other main doctrinal conclusions they pull out of their hats. One conclusion is that the laws are pure fantasy and are simply a reflection of the superstitions of that […]

Concerning God’s kosher food laws, let me just say that ultimately, I believe the reason they were handed down was simply because they conform to the PATTERN OF HOLINESS the Lord established in the heavens. If one examines the writings of the great Hebrew sages, it becomes readily apparent that the subject of KASHRUT (Kosher eating) […]

Over the last couple of articles, I undertook quite a deep investigation into the differences between Greek rational/logical thought and the style of thinking of the Bible writers, which is ANALOGICAL THOUGHT. So I think by now the conclusion should be quite clear. We must throwaway our Greek mindsets and abandon the search for “why?” […]

In order to make sense of God’s commands, sometimes it’s important to step back and view them from a broader perspective and consider things that are not so obvious, like HOW WE THINK for example. That’s why I’ve been spending so much time trying to explain the profound differences between Greek rational/logical thought which is […]

We are continuing on with our study of comparing Greek rational/logical thought to analogical thought, which is the style of thinking the Bible was written in.  One of the main differences between the two is that Greek thought has a tendency to see things in an isolated fashion whereas analogical thought views things in their totality, […]