Bread magnifies Christ in two ways: by being eaten with gratitude for His goodness, and by being forfeited out of hunger for God Himself. When we eat, we taste the emblem of our heavenly food – the Bread of Life. And when we fast we say, “I love the Reality above the emblem.” In the heart of the saint both eating and fasting are worship. Both magnify Christ. Both send the heart – grateful and yearning – to the Giver. Each has its appointed place and each has its danger. The danger of eating is that we fall in love with the gift; the danger of fasting is that we belittle the gift and glory in our will-power.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables		Appetizers, Beef	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Clove garlic; minced
1	tb	Vegetable oil
1/2	c	Ketchup
1/3	c	A-1® Steak Sauce; or Bold & Spicy A-1
1/4	c	Chili sauce
2	tb	Light brown sugar; firmly packed
2	sl	Lemon; sliced thin
1/2	ts	Hot pepper sauce
2 1/2	lb	Beef Rib; cut into 2-in pieces

INSTRUCTIONS

In medium saucepan, over low heat, cook garlic in oil until tender. Stir in
ketchup, steak sauce, chili sauce, sugar, lemon and hot pepper seasoning;
cook 1 - 2 minutes or until heated through. Reserve 2/3 cup for serving
with cooked ribs. Set aside remaining sauce for basting ribs.
Arrange ribs on rack in large roasting pan. Bake at 400 degrees for
30    mins.
Brush ribs generously with 1/4 cup basting sauce. Grill ribs over medium
heat or broil 6 inches from heat source 20 - 25 mins or until ribs are
tender, truning and basting often with remaining basting sauce. Serve with
reserved 2/3 cup sauce. Garnish as desired.
Makes 8 appetizer servings.
Recipe by: Easy Home Cooking
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Sas <sas@sassybeth.com> on Mar 19, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Two great truths: 1. there is a God, 2. you’re not Him”

The oldest and most revered tactic for avoiding the misery of guilt is religion. This tactic may be the most deceptive because it comes closest to the truth. It recognizes what the intellectual and physical strategies generally ignore: that the ultimate cause of guilt is that there is a righteous God whose will for his creatures is ignored or defied. It recognizes that under every pang of conscience in the human soul there is the silent, often unexpressed conviction, 'I have gone against God.' The means that religion has developed to deal with this guilt is to try to placate or appease God with good works or religious ritual. Religious people know they owe God a great debt for their disobedience. But they often make the terrible mistake of thinking they can pay it back through good works and the performance of religious duties.

John Piper