God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Today, the pressure to fill auditoriums and services has driven many pastors to place the felt needs, or tastes, of the people above their duty to Christ. On every hand we hear of the Gospel being molded into a non-confrontative message intended to meet felt needs and impress the sinful heart. And, by most standards, this new philosophy of church life is working, as more and more auditoriums are filled with people hungry for a message that will affirm that they are actually on fairly good terms with the Almighty. But the biblical message is the message of the cross. It cuts right across the grain of the modern age's preoccupation with pride, tearing down the façade and exposing the wretchedness of the human heart… Unfortunately, while the modern “un-gospel” may fill seats, it is the true gospel of sin and grace that is “the power of God unto salvation” (Rom. 1:16).
HINT - make a double batch. Can be made days in advance as it keeps well.
Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by Patt Jordan
<tappys1@means.net> on Dec 30, 1997
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