Mom’s 4-bean Salad – We Love God!

There are several problems with the Arminian view: 1. The doctrine of prevenient grace, on which the Arminian view of conditional election is based, is not found in Scripture. 2. Note well that there is no reference in [Romans 8:29] to faith or free will as that which God allegedly foresees in men. It is not what He foreknows but whom. 3. [Arminianism] assumes that fallen men are able and willing to believe in Christ apart from the regenerating grace of God, a notion that Paul has denied in Rom. 3:10-18. 4. Would not this view give man something of which he may boast? Those who embrace the gospel would be deserving of some credit for finding within themselves what others do not. 5. This view suspends the work of God on the will of man. It undermines the emphasis in Romans 8:28-38 on the sovereign and free work of God who foreknows, predestines, calls, justifies, and glorifies. It is God who is responsible for salvation, from beginning to end. 6. Even if one grants that God elects based on His foreknowledge of man’s faith, nothing is proven. For God foreknows everything. One must determine from Scripture how man came by the faith that God foreknows. And the witness of Scripture is that saving faith is a gift of God (Eph. 2:8-10; Phil. 1:29; 2 Pet. 1:1; 2 Tim. 2:24-26; Acts 5:31; 11:18).

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Mom, Salads	1	Batch

INGREDIENTS

2		Green beans, cut
1		Wax beans, cut
1		Red kidney beans
1		Garbanzos
5		Onions, or 2-3 big ones
1	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Wine vinegar
1/2	c	Cider vinegar
1	t	Tarragon
1/2	t	Basil
	ds	Black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Drain juice from all cut beans and save.  Drain kidney beans and
garbanzos; rinse (do not retain juice).  Mix kidney beans and
garbanzos. Peel onions, slice, and separate rings.  To layer:  1/4 of
the onions; 1/3 of the green beans; 1/3 of the wax  beans; 1/3 of the
kidney/garbanzos. Repeat. Shake from side to side  to settle.
Marinade:  Of the retained juice, you should have a little more than  2
cups (if not, add water).  Add sugar and vinegars. (Can use all  wine
vinegar instead of 1/2 wine and 1/2 cider vinegar.) Rub spices  in hand
to break up; stir into juice.  "Taste to make sure both  sourer and
sweeter than you want the end product."  Pour marinade over beans.  If
uncovered, make additional liquid (1/2  water to 1/4 sugar and 1/4
vinegar). Set for 2 days.  Can also add cucumbers, avocado, sweet bell
pepper and/or pimento.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“There is hope. There is Jesus”

Let’s confess our sins to one another and pray for one another. No one grows in isolation. We grow in safe community. Sadly, such an experience is rare in our churches. It should be common among us gospel people. It should be our lifestyle. We should be obvious, even scandalous, as friends of sinners. But so often, someone must break the ice. I see no revival in our future without a new culture of confession. Personally, I have found a good way to measure my own honesty is the level of my embarrassment. If I’m not embarrassed by my confession, I’m still holding out. But it is freeing to come clean with a brother or sister and receive the ministry of prayer (James 5:16).

Ray Ortlund