I reviewed some of the church growth material coming from our denominational headquarters. One publication said that, in order to get our churches growing again, we should “open the front doors and close the back doors”… What we actually need to do is to close the front door and open the back door! If we really want to see our churches grow, we need to make it harder to join and we need to be better about excluding people. We need to be able to show that there is a distinction between the church and the world – that it means something to be a Christian. If someone who claims to be a Christian refuses to live as a Christian should live, we need to follow what Paul said and, for the glory of God and for that person’s own good, we need to exclude him or her form membership in the church.

Mark Dever

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy		November 19	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Old-fashioned oats
1	c	Plus 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown
		; sugar
3/4	c	All purpose flour
1/2	ts	Ground cinnamon
1/4	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Unsalted butter; room temperature (1
		; 1/2 sticks)
3/4	c	Walnuts; chopped
4	lb	Pippin or Granny Smith apples; peeled, cored,
		; sliced
1 1/2	c	Golden or brown raisins
1/2	c	Sugar
1	tb	Fresh lemon juice
1	tb	All purpose flour
3/4	ts	Ground cinnamon
		Vanilla ice cream

INSTRUCTIONS

TOPPING
FILLING
Preheat oven to 375F. Butter 9 x 13 1/2-inch glass baking dish.
For Topping: Mix old-fashioned oats, brown sugar, all purpose flour,
ground cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Add unsalted butter and rub
into mixture until coarse crumbs form. Mix in chopped walnuts.
For Filling: Combine sliced apples, raisins, sugar, fresh lemon juice,
flour and ground cinnamon in large bowl. Mix well to blend.
Transfer apple-raisin filling to prepared dish. Spread topping over.
Bake until topping is golden brown, about 55 minutes. Serve crisp
warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Serves 8.
Bon Appetit November 1991
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“Jesus: Never-ending fulfillment”

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin or your selfishness. But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable...The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers...of love is Hell.

C.S. Lewis