How do you recognize abusive leadership? Abusive churches and Christian leaders characteristically: Make dogmatic prescriptions in places where Scripture is silent. Rely on intelligence, humor, charm, guilt, emotions, or threats rather than on God’s Word and prayer (see Acts 6:4). Play favorites. Punish those who disagree. Employ extreme forms of communication (tempers, silent treatment). Recommend courses of action which always, somehow, improves the leader’s own situation, even at the expense of others. Seldom do good deeds in secret. Seldom encourage. Seldom give the benefit of the doubt. Emphasize outward conformity, rather than repentance of heart. Preach, counsel, disciple, and oversee the church with lips that fail to ground everything in what Christ has done in the gospel and to give glory to God.

Jonathan Leeman

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Grains		Salsa, Fruits, Appetizer	5	servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Fresh lime juice
1/4	c	Pineapple juice
3		Anjou pears; unpeeled, diced
3		Red delicious apples unpeeled and diced
2	tb	Fresh mint; diced
3		Serrano chilies; seeded, minced

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix the pineapple juice and lime juice in a large non-reactive bowl.
Add the diced pears and apple, toss to combine juices with fruit and
to prevent the fruit from turning brown. Add the chilies.
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