Pippin In The Mist – We Love God!

Reasons why church discipline is ignored or neglected? 1. Ignorance of biblical teaching on the subject (many believe that it is infrequently mentioned in Scripture and therefore unimportant; others are ignorant of the purpose of discipline and see it only as destroying the person). 2. Calloused, insensitivity toward sin (unsanctified mercy). 2. The spirit of individualism ('Am I my brother's keeper?' Discipline is costly because my brother's/sister's business now becomes mine). 3. 'Judge not, that ye be not judged' (misunderstanding and misapplication of Mt. 7:1-5). 4. Fear of rejection (i.e., fear of being told by the offending party: 'Mind your own business. You have no authority to tell me what I can and can't do'). 5. Fear of reprisal (lawsuits). 6. Dislike of confrontation (talking directly about personal sin with an offender is difficult; it makes us feel uneasy and uncomfortable; why rock the boat?). 7. Fear of driving the person away (especially if the offending person is a major financial contributor to the church). 8. Fear of church splits. 9. Preference for avoiding problems (just ignore it long enough and it will go away; time heals all). 10. False concept of discipline because of observed abuses (discipline is associated in the minds of many with heresy hunts, intolerance, oppression, harshness, mean-spiritedness, self-righteousness, legalism, etc.). 11. Belief that preaching alone will be a sufficient remedy. 12. Fear of being labeled a cult. 13. Fear of change (the power of tradition: 'We've never done it before and we've done o.k. Why risk messing things up now?').

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Cooks, Home, Ideal	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Pippin apples
		Sultanas
		Butter
		Soft brown sugar
		Orange
		Lemon zest
1		Pinches cinnamon
		Splash of rum
		Mint and icing sugar to
		garnish
7	oz	Whipped cream
8		Egg yolks
1	T	Ground cinnamon
1	T	Chopped stem ginger in syrup
20	g	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat the egg yolks, pour the ginger in syrup over and whisk in the
ground cinnamon. Fold in the whipped cream, then set the mixture into
small moulds and freeze.  Cut the apples in half, take out the core,
fill with a mixture of  sultanas, butter, brown sugar, orange, lemon
zest, cinnamon and rum,  then bake in the oven until soft and coloured.
Make some spun sugar by cooking it to a light caramel, dipping in a
fork and shaking the sugar vigorously over a broom handle. Then  gently
roll it into a ball and place on top of the apples.  Put the apples on
top of the parfait, and garnish with mint and icing  sugar.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1893 Calories From Fat: 1517 Total Fat: 171.7g Cholesterol: 1835.7mg Sodium: 94.4mg Potassium: 684.9mg Carbohydrates: 66.9g Fiber: 5.6g Sugar: 44.3g Protein: 29.4g

Mixed marriages violate the nature of the intimate relationship that marriage creates. Marriage creates a family and God’s people are to serve Him in their families. Families are the primary unit of spiritual nurture in the covenant of God because they are the instrument by which and the setting in which children are not only born but raised. Families have a great deal to do, in the economy of God’s grace, with the transmission of the faith from one generation to another. They must because of the nature of the relationship between parents and children: the intimacy, the constancy, the dependence, the trust, the example, the instruction that happens in a family and, especially, in a godly family. To take an unbeliever to wife, to bring into that family circle, in the key role of wife and mother, a woman who does not love God or know his salvation, who does not reverence his Word and law, is to violate the very purpose of a family and render it incapable of being and doing what it has been created for... He made the family, the godly family the instrument of his grace in the children’s lives. But a spiritually mixed marriage injects poison into the children’s milk.

Robert Rayburn