Is a Christian couple free to take steps to avoid ever having any children? The issue here is one of motive: Wrong motives for being childless: 1. The world is over-crowded. 2. The world is too corrupt. 3. “We don't like kids!” 4. “We want the money and time to spend on ourselves.” Right motives for being childless: 1. If there is good reason to believe the parents would pass on a genetically fatal disease. 2. If you are physically able to have kids but physically unable to raise and nurture them. 3. If children would impede a clear call to ministry (missionaries). 4. If you are financially unable to provide for them (but this is only legitimate for delaying the bearing of children, not for not having any at all, ever).

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Sainsbury’s, Sainsbury8	4	servings

INGREDIENTS

3	bn	Watercress; stems removed
1	sm	Celeriac; peeled and cut into
		; thin julienne
		; strips
2		Heads chicory; separated into
		; leaves
1	tb	Chopped fresh parsley
2		Spring onions; chopped finely
1	tb	Finely chopped cornichons or gherkins
1	tb	Finely chopped capers
2	lg	Garlic cloves; chopped finely
1/2	ts	Dijon Mustard
1	ts	Lemon juice
1 1/2	ts	Red wine vinegar
2	tb	Olive oil
		Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

GENERAL
FOR THE DRESSING
Combine the watercress, celeriac and chicory in a salad bowl.
Mix together the parsley, onion, cornichons or gherkins, capers, garlic,
mustard, lemon juice and vinegar.
Add the oil, season with salt and pepper and mix well.
Just before serving, pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss well.
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The extent of God’s love at Calvary is seen in both the infinite cost to Him of giving His one and only Son, and in the wretched and miserable condition of those He loved. God could not remove our sins without an infinite cost to both Himself and His Son. And because of their great love for us, both were willing—yes more than merely willing—to pay that great cost, the Father in giving His one and only Son, and the Son in laying down His life for us. One of the essential characteristics of love is the element of self-sacrifice, and this was demonstrated for us to its ultimate in God’s love at Calvary.

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