Today (Feb 18) marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day season of repentance and preparation for Easter. As Jesus fasted in the wilderness before beginning his ministry, so believers are invited to humble themselves, seek purification of heart, and return to God with renewed commitment to compassion and righteousness. The following is a suggested vegan Lenten plan. 1. Guiding Vision “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness… to let the oppressed

Recently, TT, a member of our FB group, Vegan Theology, left the following comment under one of my posts:- “Ugh... if there was an all-powerful loving God. how can he watch the suffering that goes on (in a factory farm for instance) and not do a thing?!... just because he wants to give free will.. that's such a lame excuse.. the real reason is because that God is totally non-existent.” Whilst TT questions, “How can a loving God allow suffering?”, my line of thought explores t

The Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse falls on February 17 this year, ushering in the Year of the Crimson Sheep the following year. The notorious “Red Horse, Crimson Sheep Calamity” in Eastern cosmology is strikingly mirrored by the Red Horse and Bloodied Lamb prophecy in Revelation. Together, they offer a lens to foresee global events in the coming two years: Dictators backed by the Dark Force will wage a world war, only to be destroyed by the very backfire they ignite. 1. 5

Introduction : “ A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones”  (Prov. 17:22). “Emotional wounds need emotional healing,” as the Hong Kong saying goes. Jesus must have healed Mary Magdalene’s ostracization and trauma (note 1) not only through exorcistic healing, but through love, inclusion, trust, camaraderie, and companionship. This aligns with His broader pattern of healing—not merely curing physical ailments, but restoring dignity, breaking so

A member of our FB group Vegan Theology recently asked me “why most vegans are atheists or non believers in God.” Well, what we can say, based on survey research (e.g., Faunalytics 2014; Pew Research Center 2014) (n.1) in the UK, US, and parts of Europe, is that vegans are more likely than the general population to identify as atheist, agnostic, or religiously unaffiliated. But available data does not demonstrate a majority of vegans are atheists. Many vegans who identify as

“Vegetarian” Christian theologian Stephen H. Webb (1961–2016) argued that MxDxxxxd’s provides inexpensive, calorie-dense food and implied that Christians should accept fast food and factory farming as unavoidable features of modern life. He even suggested that because Jesus identified with ordinary people and ate simple food, He would likely patronise MxDxxxxd’s were He to return today (Webb 2011:20–24). 1. Jesus Desires Compassion, Not Sacrifice! Such a claim fundamentally m

Summary : In the OT, there are graphic descriptions of animal sacrificial rituals that make them sound like an evil cult dedicated to Satan. E.g., in Exodus (29:15-17) and Leviticus (7:1-6), there are phrases like "hands on its head", “slaughter”, "Cut... into pieces", "blood... to be splashed against the sides of the altar", "internal organs", "the head and the other pieces", "both kidneys with the fat", "liver", etc. In these two books, as well as Numbers and Ezekiel, it’s

Wyatt Allen (2026), Public speaker at Amazing Facts International, a Seventh-day Adventist evangelistic ministry, argues that enforced Sunday observance could become the “mark of the beast” as in Revelation 13:15-17, and that it was Constantine, not God, that set up Sunday to be special. I deeply respect Mr. Allen’s desire to honour what God called holy. Nonetheless, Christians were already gathering on the first day of the week to celebrate the resurrection well before Const

Saint Philip Neri (1515–1595) was an Italian Catholic priest. The biography, The Life of Saint Philip Neri  by Alfonso Cardinal Capecelatro, unequivocally attests both St Philip Neri’s habitual abstinence from animal flesh (effectively a vegan/near-vegan diet), and his compassion for animals. 1. A Vegan Diet The book explicitly and repeatedly describes the saint’s normal diet as “His food was bread and herbs”. Animal flesh is “almost unknown” to him. Capecelatro states plainl

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7) This verse presents love not as a feeling but as evidence of spiritual rebirth. To “know God” is not defined by correct doctrine, ritual observance, or religious identity, but by the active expression of love that reflects God’s own nature. Since the epistle goes on to say that “God is love”  (4:8), love is not merely something God does — it is

Over the past three months, I encountered a challenge in which someone actively accused me of something I did not do. It was directly related to veganism and indirectly related to theology. It all came to an end a few days ago. I’m sharing this not to revisit events, but to show how theology becomes practice when we’re tested. God has used this crisis to grant me an experiential grasp of a few essential spiritual truths, which are infinitely more important than the matter its

James the Just (early 1 st  century – 62 AD) is Jesus’ biological brother (Mark 6:3; Matt 13:55–56; Galatians 1:19) though later Catholic patristic writers, like St. Jerome, deliberately denied that James and Jesus came from the same mother, not on historical grounds, but to defend the doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity. James is also Jesus’ official successor ( Acts  15:13-21, 21:18; The Gospel of Thomas , saying 12; Clement of Alexandria, qtd. Eusebius, Ecclesiastical H

According to 2 Kings 22, two versions of Moses’ Law were in circulation, one corrupt and one authentic. The latter was discovered by Hilkiah the priest during the reign of King Josiah. When it was presented to the king, he tore his robe and acknowledged that the nation had been acting wrongly. 1. “Christ has Revealed this to me!” According to Kam Waters (2024), the corrupted version of the Law was anti-vegan, whereas the authentic Mosaic Law was vegan. This understanding was

In Book of Revelation 18:23, the seer declares that “all nations were deceived by your pharmakeia .” In the Greek text, φαρμακεία denotes substance-based enchantment—potions, drugs, or poisons employed to manipulate, control, or deceive. This charge appears within Revelation’s sustained critique of Babylon (Rev 17–18): an imperial system that intoxicates the nations, enriches elites, traffics in bodies and souls, and presents exploitation as salvation. 1. Domination Masked as

“When all ate of the meats of the Gentiles, he kept his soul and never was defiled with their meats.” (Tobit 1:12   Douay-Rheims Bible) 1. Background of the Book and the Man The Book of Tobit is one of the apocryphal books of the Bible. It dates to the 3rd or early 2nd century BC. It is a Jewish wisdom narrative set during the Assyrian exile, when Israelites were forcibly relocated to pagan cities after Assyria conquered northern Israel (8th c. BCE). Written for Jews living u

Intro.: Saint Seraphim of Sarov  (19 July 1754 – 14 Jan. 1833), born in Kursk, was a most revered Russian vegan monk. Between 1794 and 1819, he lived as a secluded hermit in the woods outside Sarov Monastery, during which he subsisted on vegetables he cultivated himself and formed gentle, trusting relationships with wild animals such as bears, rabbits, wolves, and foxes. A nun once saw the holy monk sitting beside a bear, stroking him and feeding him with bread. From 1825 onw

“Love your enemies,” says Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:44).“Forgive them; for they know not what they do,” Jesus prays from the cross (Luke 23:34). Now, no one whose heart is full of peace, love, light, and wisdom will conceive of dirty tricks to harm others. Only those whose hearts are filled with pain, fear, confusion, and ignorance are constantly contriving ways to hurt others. For within love there is no fear (1 John 4:18). We are called by Jesus to forgive those who try to hu

The story of Bathsheba’s first child (2 Samuel 12) will be examined from the perspective of Jesus, as reflected in his healing of the man born blind in John 9. It will be argued that Jesus explicitly rejects punitive theology and blood sacrifice. 1. The Shared Assumption (That Jesus Smashes) Both stories rest on the same ancient assumption that suffering exists because someone sinned, and God is exacting payment. Concerning 2 Samuel 12, it is assumed that David sins and the c

Saint Methodius of Olympus (?- 311 AD) praises veganism for its purity and condemns anti-vegans for animal abuse, for grounding their pleasure in animals’ suffering, and for opposing Christ, virtue, and true spirituality. (As Methodius condemns animal abuse, what he calls “vegetarian” translates to “vegan” in modern terms.) In his lost work De Cibis , preserved by Epiphanius ( Panarion 64.3), he boldly states:- “If the vegetarian life is pure and free from wrongdoing, and no

Jesus asks Peter, “Do you love me?” “Master, you know that I love you,” Peter replies. Jesus says, “Then take care of my sheep” (John 21:15–17). To recognise “the Kingdom of God within us” (Luke 17:21) and to honour Christ-consciousness, we are called to love God’s creatures, to protect them, and to nourish them — not to harm or exploit them. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11). Not many of us are capable of such radical self-giving. But at