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