Pumpkin-apple Crumble – We Love God!

God’s ultimate goal for us, however, is that we be truly conformed to the likeness of His Son in our person as well as in our standing… Jesus did not die just to save us from the penalty of sin, nor even just to make us holy in our standing before God. He died to purify for Himself a people eager to obey Him, a people eager to be transformed into His likeness… This process of gradually conforming us to the likeness of Christ begins at the very moment of our salvation when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us and to actually give us a new life in Christ. We call this gradual process progressive sanctification, or growing in holiness, because it truly is a growth process.

Jerry Bridges

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Import, New, Text	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		2 to 2 1/2 pound pumpkin
		unpeeled cut in 2-inch x
		2-inch chunks
2		Golden Delicious apples
		peeled cored and cut in
		16
		slices
1/2	c	Sugar
		Juice of 1 lemon
1 1/2		Sticks unsalted butter
1/4	c	Bourbon
2	T	Raisins
1/2	t	Cardamom
1/4	t	Allspice
3/4	c	Quick-cooking oats
3/4	c	All-purpose flour
3/4	c	Lightly-packed light brown
		sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 12-inch oval casserole.  In a
roasting pan combine pumpkin and 1/4-inch cold water. Cover  tightly
with foil and bake 30 minutes, or until pumpkin is tender.  Cut away
rind and strings, and cut pumpkin flesh into 2 x 1/2-inch  slices. Toss
apple slices with sugar and lemon juice. In a heavy  saucepan heat 1/2
stick of butter over medium high heat. When bubbly  add apple slices
and stir well. Add bourbon, raisins, cardamom and  allspice. Bring to a
boil, lower heat to simmering, cover and cook 20  minutes. Add pumpkin
slices and remove from heat.  In a large bowl combine oats, flour and
brown sugar. Cut remaining 1  stick of butter into 16 pieces and
squeeze into oat mixture with your  fingers until it forms lumps the
size of small peas.  Preheat broiler. Spread apple-pumpkin mixture in
casserole and top  evenly with oat mixture. Broil until top is sizzling
brown, about 2-3  minutes. Let rest 5 minutes before serving.  Yield: 8
servings Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #351  Recipe by: Taste - Show
#4626  From: Doc1946@aol.com  Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:01:49 -0500

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 2019 Calories From Fat: 865 Total Fat: 98.6g Cholesterol: 244mg Sodium: 1203.1mg Potassium: 1571.7mg Carbohydrates: 273.9g Fiber: 24.1g Sugar: 131.2g Protein: 24.9g

The modern invitation system…reveals a misunderstanding of the role of the preacher. The preacher's duty is not to 'get decisions.' His duty is to proclaim the good news and exhort men and women to go to Christ. This is the means which God uses to save. We preach, and God Himself uses the word preached to 'get the decision.' (What a woefully inadequate term that is! Saving faith is so much more than a 'decision.' It is running for rescue!) These roles must never be confused… The role of the preacher is to exhort men and women to faith in Christ. That is all. And that is enough. God is well able to do everything else.

Fred Zaspel