The prosperity message unashamedly calls people to place their hope in the passing pleasures of this world. Rather than denouncing wrong desires, it glorifies worldly lifestyles, feeds on sinful greed, and makes poppycock promises to desperate people: “Get right with the Lord and He will give you a well-paid job, a nice house and a new car.” The prosperity gospel is more morally reprehensible than a Las Vegas casino because it masquerades as religion and comes in the name of Christ. But like the casinos, it attracts its victims with glitzy showmanship and the allure of instant riches. After devouring their last cent, like a spiritual slot machine, it sends them home worse off than when they came.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 3/4	c	Flour
1/3	c	Yellow cornmeal
2	tb	Sugar
2	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Ground red pepper; (optional)
8	sl	Bacon; cooked, drained, and crumbled
2/3	c	Cheddar cheese; shredded
1	c	Milk
1		Egg; lightly beaten
3	tb	Butter or margarine; melted and cooked
1/2	ts	Spicy mustard

INSTRUCTIONS

(Source: Muffin Madness)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl stir together flour, cornmeal,
sugar, baking powder, salt, and red pepper; stir in bacon and cheese to
coat. In another bowl stir together milk, egg, butter, and mustard until
blended. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add milk mixture and
stir just to combine. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins. Bake 20 to 25
minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center of one muffin comes out
clean. Remove muffin tin or tins to wire rack. Cool 5 minutes before
removing muffins from cups. Finish cooling on rack. Serve warm or cool
completely and store in airtight container in refrigerator. Let muffins
reach room temperature or warm slightly before serving. Yield: 10 muffins
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by vergie1@juno.com (Vergie A Ewing) on Mar 6,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“If you want to be a leader, you must serve.”

If the world is not rooted out from our hearts, it will devour them. There must be weeding, if the good seed of grace is to grow. But what weed-killer can we use against the spirit of the world? Here is a potent, three-fold formula from the Bible: 1. Recognize that love of the world is the enemy of the love of the Father (1 John 2:15). You cannot have both. You must choose one only. Make the right choice. 2. Remember that it was the world that crucified Christ and that it took the sacrifice of the Cross to deliver you from it (Gal. 6:14). How can you negotiate with the spirit which plotted the assassination of your Savior? 3. Reflect on the fact that the world, in this sense, is transient and ephemeral (1 John 2:17); it is not a solid investment. Devote yourself instead to having “treasure in heaven” (Matt. 6:19-21).

Sinclair Ferguson