Julie and Julia and Jesus

I was just reading the Bible for a bit and I got to thinking. There is this new film out called "Julie and Julia" about some woman (Julie) who finds a sense of meaning in cooking all of Julia Child's recipes in her book about french cooking in a year. Now, don't get me wrong...I love food. And my wife is a food critic. I enjoy many a good meal because of her gig. But, compared to the recipes of Julia Child, how much more does God's word provide meaning and purpose?

How about reading the whole Bible in a year...not some Cliff Note version which cuts out large swaths of the Old Testament...the Levitical laws, the history, the genealogies.

We ask ourselves, why did God ordain man to include all of this stuff in the Bible? Could He just given us a Hamburger Hostage (er, Helper) recipe of "You are a sinner, Christ dies for you, you should live for him." No, God must provide a history...break it down...His Story. All of the ingredients season the Biblical stew. We can't just take one verse, one chapter, or one book, and build a theology out of it. The whole counsel of God...if it wasn't important for us to know it all, truly God would seen to have it written down.

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