We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The great hymns of the church are on the way out. They are not gone entirely, but they are going and in their place have come trite jingles that have more in common with contemporary advertising ditties than the psalms. The problem here is not so much the style of the music, though trite words fit best with trite tunes and harmonies. Rather it is with the content of the songs. The old hymns expressed the theology of the Bible in profound and perceptive ways and with winsome memorable language. Today’s songs are focused on ourselves. They reflect our shallow or nonexistent theology and do almost nothing to elevate our thoughts about God. Worst of all are songs that merely repeat a trite idea, word, or phrase over and over again. Songs like this are not worship, though they may give the church-goer a religious feeling. They are mantras, which belong more in a gathering of New Agers than among the worshiping people of God.

James Montgomery Boice

In a letter written from prison, Paul requested Timothy to bring him “the books” (2 Tim. 4:13). Charles Spurgeon, the nineteenth-century “prince of preachers,” expressed amazement at such a request from Paul: “He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has been preaching at least for thirty years, and yet he wants books! He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He had had a wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things which it was unlawful for a men to utter, yet he wants books! He had written the major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books! Spurgeon then reminds us, “He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves he has no brains of his own.”

Bob Kauflin

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Chalupas Compuestas

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy	Mexican	Main dish, Mexican	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

12		Tostadas; (fried tortillas)
4	c	Refried beans; to 6 cups
1	c	Cheddar cheese; shredded
2	c	Chili con carne; NO BEANS
2	c	Lettuce; shredded
		Guacamole

INSTRUCTIONS

Place tostadas on baking sheet; spread with refried beans and shredded
cheese.  Place under broiler just until cheese melts. Remove from oven;
spread chili and shredded lettuce over tostadas and serve at once. Serve
with guacamole.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, June, 1974. Typed for you by Nancy
Coleman.

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