Saving faith is not a decision that is made, and it is not a mouthing of a certain formula. Even if the formula is recited in prayer, this is not saving faith. Manipulating a person to say go through certain motions and say certain words does him no good whatever. This is not saving faith. This is dangerous indeed. Can a man really be saved by saying 'yes' to a series of questions? Have we done them any favor by allowing them to think so? This is a misunderstanding of saving faith. It is a confusion of professed faith with true saving faith. This mistake has resulted in the unprecedented number of false converts which this century of evangelism has produced. Decisions and numbers there are, but the 'converts' are notoriously unconverted. This is a direct result of confusing decisions with true faith, and it is a blight on the church. It is also inevitable. And it is shameful. And it is harmful, for we have convinced unconverted people that they are safe.

Fred Zaspel

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	American	American, Appetizer, Baked	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Cloves garlic; left whole
2	tb	Olive oil or clarified butter
1/8	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Black pepper
1		French bread loaf; sliced and heated
6	oz	Cream cheese or soft cheese (optional) or 1/2 cup butter; softened

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the oven to 350°F. Trim the tops of the garlic heads, leaving them
whole but removing about 1/4 inch. Remove excess dry skins. Rub the heads
with a little of the butter or oil and put in a very small baking dish or
crock the size of the four heads. Drizzle with the rest of the oil or
butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover loosely, reduce heat to 275°F
and bake for 20 minutes. Remove cover and bake for about 1 hour and 15
minutes. Slice and heat the French bread (optional) in the last 10 minutes
of the baking garlic.
To serve: Spread French bread with soft creamy cheese (optional) or butter
and squeeze clove by clove onto the bread and spread it.
NOTES : Barely sweet and mild roasted garlic spread on French bread slices.
Each clove is squeezed out of its skin onto the bread. It can be served by
itself with the bread or with butter, cream cheese or soft cheese.
Recipe by: Earth Kitchen Cookbook by Dee Bell
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 579 by RecipeLu
<recipelu@geocities.com> on Jan 22, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God — ah, then things must be critical indeed! #A.J. Gossip”