The people of the covenant in the Old Testament were made up of Israel according to the flesh – an ethnic, national, religious people containing “children of the flesh” and “children of God” [see Rom. 9:6-8; Gal. 4:22-28]. Therefore it was fitting that circumcision was given to all the children of the flesh. But the people of the new covenant, called the Church of Jesus Christ, is being built in a fundamentally different way. The church is not based on any ethnic, national distinctives but on the reality of faith alone, by grace alone in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Church is not a continuation of Israel as a whole; it is a continuation of the true Israel, the remnant – not the children of the flesh, but the children of promise. Therefore, it is not fitting that the children born merely according to the flesh receive the sign of the covenant, baptism.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Chile-heads, Rom mysteri	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Cooked garbanzo beans
1	c	Artichoke hearts
6		Cloves garlic
2		Lemons
1/2	ts	Paprika
1/2	ts	Cumin
1/2	ts	Kosher salt
1/2	ts	White pepper
		Virgin olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Juice the lemons.  Combine all ingredients but the oil in the bowl of a
food processor, turn on, and slowly drizzle in olive oil as the ingredients
are being processed to a creamy consistency.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #167
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 11:42:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: PatH <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu>
NOTES : Lou Jane Temple is the food writer for the Kansas City Star. She's
an owner of Kansas City's trendy eatery, Cafe LuLu (1996)

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