Weekly Newsletter from Christian Vegetarian Association CVA - November 10, 2017
From Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA)

1. Booklet Reprint
2. Upcoming Activist Opportunities
3. Original Sin, part 14
4. The November Issue of “The Peaceable Table” Is Now Online
5. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman

1. CVA Booklet Reprint

We will be reprinting our “Joyful, Compassionate Eating” booklet soon. If you have any comments or suggestions for changes, please send to cva@christianveg.org.

2. Upcoming Activist Opportunities

Leafleting and tabling are effective, enjoyable ways to show our brothers and sisters in Christ that a plant-based diet is good for God’s Creation. When you volunteer for the CVA, the CVA donates $20/hr. to the veg. or animal protection group of your choice. In particular, we’ve found that Winter Jam is a great opportunity to reach a lot of young people who are very receptive to our message.

Contact Lorena at lorenavalenziveg@gmail.com if you can help.

11/11/2017 MI, Grand Rapids Needtobreathe
11/11/2017 TN, Johnson City Chris Tomlin Good Good Father Tour
11/11/2017 NV, Las Vegas Winter Jam
11/16/2017 ID, Boise Winter Jam
11/17/2017 OR, Portland Winter Jam
11/18/2017 WA, Tacoma Winter Jam
11/18/2017 TN, Pigeon Forge Toby Mac – Hearts on Fire
11/19/2017 WA, Spokane Winter Jam
11/25/2017 AR, Little Rock Christmas Tour
11/26/2017 KS, Wichita Christmas Tour
11/28/2017 TX, San Antonio Christmas Tour
11/29/2017 LA, Baton Rouge Christmas Tour
11/30/2017 TX, Austin Casting Crowns
12/01/2017 MO, Springfield Newsboys
12/02/2017 DC, Washington Needtobreathe
12/02/2017 TX, Houston Casting Crowns
12/03/2017 AR, Little Rock Newsboys
12/03/2017 TX, Dallas Casting Crowns
12/03/2017 CO, Denver Christmas Tour
12/03/2017 MA, Boston Needtobreathe
12/05/2017 TN, Nashville Casting Crowns
12/05/2017 NY, NYC Needtobreathe
12/08/2017 IL, Chicago Christmas Tour
12/08/2017 MO, St. Louis Casting Crowns
12/09/2017 IL, Chicago Needtobreathe
12/09/2017 MN, Minneapolis Casting Crowns
12/10/2017 IN, Indianapolis Christmas Tour
12/14/2017 NY, NYC Chris Tomlin
12/14/2017 NC, Greensboro Casting Crowns
12/15/2017 PA, Pittsburgh Casting Crowns
12/16/2017 PA, Philadelphia Christmas Tour
12/16/2017 KY, Louisville Casting Crowns
12/17/2017 GA, Atlanta Casting Crowns
12/17/2017 NY, New York Christmas Tour
12/28-31/17 TN, Gatlinburg Xtreme Winter
01/06/2018 KY, Louisville Winter Jam 2018
01/07/2018 MI, Grand Rapids Winter Jam 2018
01/12/2018 FL, Jacksonville Winter Jam 2018
01/13/2018 FL, Tampa Winter Jam 2018
01/18/2018 PA, Reading Winter Jam 2018
01/20/2018 OH, Columbus Winter Jam 2018
01/21/2018 NC, Charlotte Winter Jam 2018
01/25/2018 MO, Springfield Winter Jam 2018
01/26/2018 IA, Des Moines Winter Jam 2018
01/27/2018 MO, St. Louis Winter Jam 2018
01/28/2018 OK, Tulsa Winter Jam 2018
02/01/2018 AL, Mobile Winter Jam 2018
02/02/2018 TN, Nashville Winter Jam 2018
02/03/2018 GA, Atlanta Winter Jam 2018
02/08/2018 IN, Ft. Wayne Winter Jam 2018
02/09/2018 OH, Cleveland Winter Jam 2018
02/10/2018 IN, Indianapolis Winter Jam 2018
02/11/2018 MI, Detroit Winter Jam 2018
02/16/2018 PA, Pittsburgh Winter Jam 2018
02/17/2018 OH, Columbus Mercy Me and Tenth Avenue North LIVE
02/17/2018 OH, Cincinnati Winter Jam 2018
02/22/2018 TX, Corpus Christi Mercy Me and Tenth Avenue North LIVE
02/23/2018 TN, Knoxville Winter Jam 2018
02/24/2018 NC, Greensboro Winter Jam 2018
02/25/2018 TN, Chattanooga Winter Jam 2018
03/02/2018 GA, Atlanta Mercy Me and Tenth Avenue North LIVE

3. Original Sin, part 14

Many Christians link Jesus’ death with Original Sin. This generally relates to the theory articulated by Anselm of Canterbury, who argued for “substitutionary atonement theory.” Anselm held that Adam’s “original sin” of disobedience is transmitted to all humanity and manifests itself as the general sinfulness of humankind. Nobody deserves eternal salvation and everlasting life with God in heaven because everyone carries sin. The ancient Hebrews believed that sacrifices were necessary to cleanse people of sin. However, no sacrifice was pure or great enough to relieve humans of original sin. Anselm argued that Jesus, as God incarnate, was without sin. His death on the cross constituted a divinely ordained, perfect sacrifice that saved all humanity.

There are difficulties with this theory. In the Hebrew Scriptures a person chooses the sacrificial victim, and the atonement for sins was mediated by a priest who, they believed, had a special relationship with God. The death of Jesus was very different. He was falsely accused of crimes and was then killed by secular Roman authorities. If the Romans were responsible for Jesus’ death, it would seem to make little sense that an unjust, secular proceeding could be crucial to a divine plan to save humanity.

Perhaps responsibility for Jesus’ death lies elsewhere. We will consider other possibilities next week.

Stephen R. Kaufman, MD

4. The November Issue of “The Peaceable Table” Is Now Online

Contents include:

In a moving Editor's Corner Guest Essay, PT supporter Patricia Anne describes a vigil she attended outside a Farmer John slaughterhell on October 2, Gandhi's birthday and World Day for Farm Animals. She and the other vigil participants offered water and love to pigs being trucked in to their deaths.

One of the Unset Gems, a quotation from Albert Schweitzer, asserts that people are truly ethical only when all life, not just human life, is sacred to them.

A Letter from Marian Hussenbux comments on the Pioneer essay on the remarkable abolitionist Benjamin Lay, featured in last month's issue.

Documentary film What the Health, Reviewed in this issue, deals with the power of a (vegan) whole plant food diet to improve or restore health lost to major lifestyle-linked diseases, and the refusal of representatives of large research organizations such as the American Diabetes Association to discuss the subject.

Whether you have Indian food often or seldom, you'll like the Lentil Dal Recipe in this month's issue.

See The Peaceable Table, November 2017

Gracia Fay Ellwood
Editor

5. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman

Awesome Heavenly Power

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