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Recipe for Life Reflections on food in the Bible by Hugh J Thomson Many of the key events in the biblical narrative are pictured by different foods. From the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden all the way to the tree of life in the final chapter of scripture, foodstuffs carry deep significance. Items come in pairs, ranging from the thorns and thistles of the curse in Eden which blight food production, through to the milk and honey which picture the lavish blessings of the Promised Land. We learn important theological lessons from considering these foods. Christians will be most familiar with the bread and wine taken at the Lord’ Supper. | |
Hugh Thomson was born and brought up in Aberdeen, and graduated from medical school there in 1977. He subsequently worked as a doctor in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Cambridge, North Carolina and Hong Kong before being appointed as a consultant surgeon at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham in 1994. He was one of the founding elders of City Church in Birmingham in 1999, and stepped out of medical practice to work full time for the church in 2002. He is now retired and living in Birmingham. |