CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Potato	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Baking potatoes
2/3	c	Butter
2/3	c	Flour
6	c	Milk
		Salt and pepper
4		Scallion; chopped & divided
12	sl	Bacon, Cooked, crumbled, divided
1 1/4	c	Cheddar cheese; shredded & divided
8	oz	Sour cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Bake potatoes. Cool. Scoop out pulp and set aside. Discard skins. Melt
butter over low heat and add flour. Add milk, until thick. Add potato pulp,
salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons of green onion, 1/2 cup of crumbled bacon and
cup cheese. Cook until throughly heated; stir in sour cream and heat
through. Serve with remaining green onions, bacon and 1/4 cup greese as
garnish.
Recipe By     : jonrob19@idir.net
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #221
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 18:44:11 -465800
From: Terry Pogue <tpogue@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM>

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus Christ: the name on everybody’s lips”

It seems fair to ask, “God, do You really expect less of me – who has your Holy Spirit within and lives in the wealthiest society in human history – than You demanded of the poorest Israelite?”… The tithe is God's historical method to get us on the path of giving. In that sense, it can serve as a gateway to the joy of grace giving. It is unhealthy to view tithing as a place to stop, but it can be a good place to start… Tithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks… True, some would be sacrificing more by giving 5% of their income than others would be by tithing or even giving 50 or 90%. Certainly the affluent should never “check off the box,” as if giving 10% automatically fulfills their obligation. The 90% belongs to God, too. He doesn't look at just what we give. He also looks at what we keep… When people tell me they can't afford to tithe, I ask them, “If your income was reduced by 10% would you die?” They say, “No.” And I say, “Then you've admitted that you can afford to tithe. It's just that you don't want to”… I have no problem with people who say “we're not under the tithe,” just as long as they're not using that as justification for giving less. But in my mind the current giving statistics among Christians clearly indicate most of us need a jump-start. If you find a gateway to giving that's better than the tithe, wonderful. But if not, why not start where God started His First Covenant children?

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