God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
[Saying] “yes” might be very unwise. It might not be the best way to repay our debt of love. Saying “yes” to one task might keep us from another that is more important. It might mean that we will do something that someone else could have done better. It might mean that we will entrench the sin patterns of other people. It might mean that we interpret the church egocentrically rather than as a body, thinking, “If I don’t do it, nobody will.”
Even if all the things that people prayed for happened – which they do not – this would not prove what Christians mean by the efficacy of prayer. For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them. Invariable "success" in prayer would not prove the Christian doctrine at all. It would prove something more like magic – a power in certain human beings to control, or compel, the course of nature.
1. Cook bacon over low heat in heavy bottomed saucepan until crisp. Remove
bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from
pan. Raise heat to medium; add onion. Cook until soft and golden, about 2
minutes.
2. Add beans, chicken broth, molasses, tomato paste, brown sugar, mustard,
salt and pepper to taste. Stir until beans are coated, and sauce is
blended.
3. Cover beans; cook over low heat 45 minutes. Crumble cooked bacon and
stir into beans before serving.
Contributor: Chicago Tribune
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Jack Elvis <jackelvis@moonlink.net> on May
13, 1998
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