What if the dietary laws in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 are not obsolete, but still carry profound wisdom for God’s people today?

Most Christians have been taught that Jesus fulfilled the law, declared all foods clean in Mark 7:19, and Peter’s vision in Acts 10 removed any distinction between clean and unclean meats. “Grace means freedom to eat whatever we want” — bacon, shrimp, pork, and shellfish are now fully acceptable.

But what if that popular conclusion rests on a surface-level reading that misses the actual context of Scripture?

In this episode, we slow down and examine the text: Jesus confronting handwashing traditions in Mark 7 (not the food laws themselves), the call to holiness in Leviticus 11, and why Peter still avoided unclean food years after the resurrection. We ask the uncomfortable questions:

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