We’ve watched the biblical content of services shrink beyond visibility. But doesn’t faith come by hearing the word of Christ (Rom. 10:17)? Are the spiritually dead not born again by the living and abiding Word of God (1 Pet. 1:23)? Do the people of God not grow by the pure milk of God’s Word (2:2)? Then does it not matter what we read, preach, and sing in our services, and in what quantities? Should we not be alarmed when we see self-centered sermons replace biblical exposition, repetitious choruses replace biblically rich hymnody and psalmody, token prayers replace a full-diet of biblical prayer (for example, praise, confession, thanksgiving, intercessions), and Scripture reading disappear altogether?

Terry Johnson

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Argentinian	Main dish	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Beef stew meat, cut in 1 1/2-in. cubes
1	lg	Onion; chopped
2		Garlic cloves; minced
3	tb	Oil
2	lg	Tomatoes; chopped
1	lg	Green bell pepper; chopped
		Salt, pepper
1	ts	Sugar
1	c	Dried apricots
3		White potatoes, peeled and diced
3		Sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
2	c	Beef broth
1	md	Pumpkin
		Butter or margarine; melted
1/4	c	Dry sherry
1	cn	Whole kernel corn (1 lb), drained

INSTRUCTIONS

Trim any excess fat from beef and cook with onion and garlic in oil until
meat is browned. Add tomatoes, green pepper, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/2
teaspoon pepper, sugar, apricots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes and broth.
Cover and simmer 1 hour. Meanwhile, cut top off pumpkin and discard. Scoop
out seeds and stringy membrane. Brush inside of pumpkin with butter and
sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Stir sherry and corn into stew and
spoon into pumpkin shell. Place shell in shallow pan and bake at 325F 1
hour, or until pumpkin meat is tender. Place pumpkin in large bowl and
ladle out stew, scooping out some of pumpkin with each stew serving.
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