And who and what are ministers themselves? Frail men, fallible, sinning men, exposed to every snare, to temptation in every form; and from the very post of observation they occupy, the fairer mark for the fiery darts of the foe. They are no mean victims the great Adversary is seeking, when he would wound and cripple Christ’s ministers. One such victim is worth more to the kingdom of darkness than a score of common men; and on this very account, the temptations are probably more subtle and severe than those encountered by ordinary Christians. If this subtle Deceiver fails to destroy them, he artfully aims at neutralizing their influence by quenching the fervor of their piety, lulling them into negligence, and doing all in his power to render their work irksome. How perilous the condition of that minister then, whose heart is not encouraged, whose hands are not strengthened, and who is not upheld by the prayers of his people! It is not in his own closet and on his own knees alone that he finds security and comfort and ennobling, humbling and purifying thoughts and joys; but it is when his people also seek them in his behalf that he becomes a better and happier man and a more useful minister of the everlasting gospel.

Gardiner Spring

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Uncatagoriz, Two fat lad	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Shoulder lamb; about 4 pounds
2	cn	Haricots verts
1/2	pt	White wine
2	lg	Onions
10		Shallots
6		Tomatoes; quartered
3	tb	Tomato puree
10		Cloves garlic peeled; whole
		Black peppercorns
		Salt
2		Bay leaves
3		Branches rosemary

INSTRUCTIONS

Put shoulder into large ovenware pot. Cover with haricots verts, the
liquid, the wine, onions and shallots roughly chopped, the tomatoes, tomato
puree, the garlic, crushed peppercorns and salt to taste. Tuck in the bay
leaves and rosemary. Cover the casserole and cook for 4 hours in a 275
degree oven, then increase the temperature to 425 degrees for 1 more hour.
Have a look at it now and then to make sure it is not drying out. At the
end of cooking the meat will fall off the bone. Serve in soup plates with
bread and salad.
Formatted by suechef@sover.net
Recipe by: TWO FAT LADIES #FL1A02
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #789 by Sue <suechef@sover.net> on Sep 18,
1997

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The doctrine of concurrence affirms that God directs, and works through, the distinctive properties of each created thing, so that these things themselves bring about the results that we see. In this way it is possible to affirm that in one sense events are fully (100 percent) caused by God and fully (100 percent) caused by the creature as well. However, divine and creaturely causes work in different ways. The divine cause of each event works as an invisible, behind-the-scenes, directing cause and therefore could be called the 'primary cause' that plans and initiates everything that happens. But the created thing brings about actions in ways consistent with the creature’s own properties [which God unchangeably gave and sustains], ways that can often be described by us or by professional scientists who carefully observe the processes. These creaturely factors and properties can therefore be called the 'secondary' causes of everything that happens, even though they are the causes that are evident to us by observation (Wayne Grudem and Jeff Purswell).

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