Pragmatism is quickly replacing supernaturalism in many churches. It is an attempt to achieve spiritual objectives by human methodology rather than supernatural power. Its primary criterion is external success. It will employ whatever method draws a crowd and stimulates the desired response. Its underlying presuppositions are that the church can accomplish spiritual goals by fleshly means, and that the power of God’s Word alone is not sufficient to break through a sinner’s blindness and hardness of heart.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Vegetarian	Veg3, Vegetarian	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

30	ml	Olive oil
1		Onion; chopped
1		Clove garlic; crushed
1		Bay leaf
50	g	Mushrooms; quartered
1	ts	Thyme
1	ts	Basil
30	ml	Tamari
1		Potato diced
2		Carrots; sliced
1/2		Swede; diced
50	g	Pearl barley; (soaked in water for
		; 1 hour)
1 1/3	l	Vegetable stock
		Salt & freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat the oil, add the onion and saut. gentle, add the garlic and
the bay leaf, and continue cooking for 3 minutes.
2. Add the mushrooms, thyme, basil and tamari and cook gently for a
further 3 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables, barley and stock.
Cover and simmer for about 30-40 minutes. Season and serve with hunks
of crusty wholemeal bread.
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A Message from our Provider:

“Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to the church for a face-lift.”

Mothers, don’t let anyone ever dupe you into thinking there’s anything ignoble or disgraceful about remaining at home and raising your family. Don’t buy the lie that you’re repressed if you’re a worker in the home instead of in the world’s workplace. Devoting yourself fully to your role as wife and mother is not repression; it is true liberation. Multitudes of women have bought the world’s lie, put on a suit, picked up a briefcase, dropped their children off for someone else to raise, and gone into the workplace, only to realize after fifteen years that they and their children have a hollow void in their hearts. Many such career women now say they wish they had devoted themselves to motherhood and the home instead.

John MacArthur