What once bothered us doesn't bother us anymore. What once activated our conscience doesn't seem to anymore. What we knew was outside of God’s boundaries, and therefore functionally outside of ours, lives inside our boundaries, and it doesn’t matter to us anymore. It is a scary place to be. The hard heart is a stony heart. It is not malleable anymore. It’s hard and resistant to change, no longer tender and responsive to the squeeze of the hands of the Spirit. There is evil in our hearts and in the acts of our hands, and we’re okay with it. Could there be a more dangerous place for a believer to be?

Paul David Tripp

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables	Mexican	Mexico, Ham/pork	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Pork blade steaks, 3/4"
1	ts	Vegetable oil
1	c	Chunky salsa
1/3	c	Water
2	tb	Lemon/lime juice
1/2	ts	Ground cumin
		Salt to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oil in a non-stick skillet; brown steaks on both sides. Conbine
salsa, water, juice and cumin; pour mixture over chops. cover and simmer
10-12 minutes or until meat is cooked.
Recipe courtesy of:  Art Barron, 14 Jan 93  20:57:08
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Who hears \”Depart from me, for I never knew you\”?”

There is a lot of confusion today about the self-love referred to in this verse: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Gal. 5:14). The most common error is to assume that this is a command to loveyourself and that self-love means self-esteem. Both of these assumptions are wrong. Paul and Moses (Lev. 19:18) and Jesus (Lk. 10:27) assume that all people love themselves; they don’t command it: “You shall love your neighbor as you (already) love yourself.” And the self-love they assume is not self-esteem but self-interest: all people want to be happy, even if they often don't know what will really make them happy.

John Piper