We often call the gift of tongues a “sign gift.” That is a good description. We know signs are welcomed because they point us to a destination. Yet when we arrive at the desired destination, there longer remains any need for the sign. Unlike the first century, we now know the Bible is complete, Israel is judged (Jer. 5:15; Isa. 28:11; 33:19) and the church is composed of Jew and Gentile. Therefore, the sign (for those purposes) has taken us to our destination and is no longer necessary – tongues have ceased (1 Cor. 13:8). So, any use of tongues spoken of in the Bible (and there are only two beyond Acts – an obscure passage in Mark 16 and the rebuke to the immature Corinthian church), must be interpreted in light of the Acts passages that clearly reveal a known language. Can God still enable a person to speak a previously unknown foreign language? Perhaps, but it is not “tongues” in the biblical sense.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Bread, No sugar, Tested, Analyzed	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Flour
2	ts	Baking powder
1 1/2	ts	Cinnamon, ground
1/4	ts	Nutmeg, ground
1/4	ts	Salt
2		Eggs
2/3	c	Apple juice concentrate
1/3	c	Butter
1	ts	Vanilla
2	md	Apples
1/2	c	Walnuts, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

FAVORITE ALL-TIME REC; 12/92
Preheat oven to 350.  Peel, seed, and finely chop apples. Grease muffin
cups or line with paper liners; set aside. Combine dry ingredients in
medium bowl.  Combine and add eggs, apple juice concentrate, melted butter,
and vanilla; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apple
and walnuts. Spoon batter into prepared cups, filling each cup 3/4 full.
Bake 25 minutes, until golden brown. Let stand in pan on wire rack 5
minutes.  Remove from pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Cooled muffins may be wrapped securely and frozen up to 3 months.
Sylvia's comments: the kids devoured them!
Nutrition information per muffin: 199 calories, 4 gm protein, 25 gm
carbohydrate, 9 gm fat, 49 mg cholesterol, 183 mg sodium, 32% of calories
from fat, 1/4 diabetic starch/bread exchange, 1-3/4 diabetic fat exchange,
1/2    diabetic fruit exchange.
From the recipe files of Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$
71511,2253, GT Cookbook echo moderator at net/node 004/005
Posted to FOODWINE Digest  by Abbott <labbott@MHO.NET> on Jan 21, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“There has to be more to life . . .”

Is a Christian couple free to take steps to avoid ever having any children? The issue here is one of motive: Wrong motives for being childless: 1. The world is over-crowded. 2. The world is too corrupt. 3. “We don't like kids!” 4. “We want the money and time to spend on ourselves.” Right motives for being childless: 1. If there is good reason to believe the parents would pass on a genetically fatal disease. 2. If you are physically able to have kids but physically unable to raise and nurture them. 3. If children would impede a clear call to ministry (missionaries). 4. If you are financially unable to provide for them (but this is only legitimate for delaying the bearing of children, not for not having any at all, ever).

Sam Storms