The desired result of church discipline is always repentance and the restoration of the offender. Our private and public disciplinary measures should always be undertaken in a spirit of love, gentleness, and humility as we seek to bring about this positive end (Galatians 6:1-2). When restoration does not occur and expulsion becomes necessary, we are glad to see the purity of Christ and the church upheld, but we should be grieved, individually and corporately, that someone we loved as an apparent brother or sister in Christ is now understood to be an unbeliever (Jim Elliff and Daryl Wingerd).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Vegetarian	Vegetarian, Main dish	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Potatoes — scrubbed
2	md	Onions — sliced
1	c	Mushrooms — sliced
3		Tomatoes, firm — peeled
3	tb	Margarine — nondairy
		Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Oil a 3 quart casserole. Slice the potatoes into it. Then slice the onions.
Dot with some of the margarine, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add a layer
of the sliced mushrooms, then slice the tomatoes and put on top. Dot with
rest of the margarine, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover casserole. Bake
at 350 deg about 50 minutes.
Per serving: 231 calories, 7 g prot, 35 g carb, 8 g fat  Source: New Farm
Vegetarian Cookbook/MM by DEEANNE
Recipe By     :
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Been taken for granted? Imagine how God feels”

The awareness of sin, a deep awareness of disobedience, and painful confession of sin used to be our shadow. Christians hated sin. They feared it, they fled from it, they grieved over it. Some of our [forefathers] agonized over their sins. A man who lost his temper might wonder if he could still go to holy communion. A woman who for years envied her more attractive and intelligent sister might wonder if this sin threatened her very salvation... That shadow has dimmed. Nowadays the accusation, 'You have sinned,' is often said with a grin and with a tone that signals an inside joke. At one time this accusation still had the power to jolt people.

Cornelius Plantinga