God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
When Paul says, “If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink,” he does not mean, “Let’s all become lechers.” He means, there is a normal, simple, comfortable, ordinary life of human delights that we may enjoy with no troubling thoughts of heaven or hell or sin or holiness or God – if there is no resurrection from the dead. And what stunned me about this train of thought is that many professing Christians seem to aim at just this, and call it Christianity. Paul did not see his relation to Christ as the key to maximizing his physical comforts and pleasures in this life. No, Paul’s relation to Christ was a call to choose suffering – a suffering that was beyond what would make atheism “meaningful” or “beautiful” or “heroic.” It was a suffering that would have been utterly foolish and pitiable to choose if there is no resurrection into the joyful presence of Christ… Judge for yourself. How many Christians do you know who could say, “The lifestyle I have chosen as a Christian would be utterly foolish and pitiable if there is no resurrection?”
The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for God and hear more about all that God has already done for us.
Cooked beans (I used a generous cup of red chili beans and cooked them for about 2 hours)
1
c
Chopped onions
1/2
c
Grated carrots
4
Cloves garlic; minced
1/2
ts
Chili powder
1
ts
Ground cumin (I ground my own from seed)
2
tb
Soy sauce
2
tb
Ketchup
2
tb
Dijon mustard
1/2
c
Rolled oats
Salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
A while back someone asked for burgers that hold their shape. I made these
for a Labor Day picnic and they were wonderful (and great leftover as
well). The recipe is from the newest Moosewood lowfat cookbook.
saute the onions, carrots, garlic, chili powder and cumin in a pan prepared
with olive oil spray. Mash beans and add vegetables and seasonings and oats
and mix well. Add salt and pepper if desired. With slightly wet hands form
into 3-4 inch patties and cook in a sprayed skillet about 7 min on a side.
(I used a heavy cast-iron skillet that worked well--you could bake them,
too) Recipe says it makes six, but I got seven. I served them with whole
wheat tortillas, homemade salsa, potato salad, corn on the cob, and
peach-blueberry cobbler. Everyone raved!
Posted to fatfree digest V97 #199 by Martha Anandakrishnan <mqa3@psu.edu>
on Sep 3, 1997
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“You can spurn God’s love for only so long”
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