Education about God precedes and serves exultation in God. Learning truth precedes loving truth. Right reflection on God precedes right affection for God. Seeing the glory of Christ precedes savoring the glory of Christ. Good theology is the foundation of great doxology. Knowledge is utterly crucial. But it is not an end in itself. It serves faith and love. And if it doesn't, it only puffs up, as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 8:1. Where education does not produce heartfelt exultation in God, it degenerates into proud intellectualism. And where exultation is not sustained and shaped by solid Biblical education, it degenerates into proud emotionalism. God means to be known and loved. Seen and savored. Pondered and praised.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Meat	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Steak; 1-2 lbs, cut into cubes – we get the least-expensive cuts
		Carrots; 3-4, large chunks, peeled or not
		Celery; 2-3 stalks, 1" pieces
		Potatoes; 3-4, large chunks, new red or white
		Onions; 2-3, small/whole/peeled; yellow or white
		Mushrooms; 1/2 lb, sliced
		Bay leaf
		Salt/pepper; to taste
		Spices; to taste, eg. garlic, paprika

INSTRUCTIONS

From: Charlie Johnston <howknows@bigblue.oit.unc.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 1994 02:18:17 -0500
Heat small amount of oil (or cooking spray) in large skillet.  Brown beef
chunks, seasoning with salt/pepper/etc.  Place beef in bottom of Crockpot
and top with vegetable (except mushrooms) and a bay leaf or two. Add water
to barely cover. Cook all day on low. Stir in mushrooms 15 minutes before
serving.  Serve with bread or rolls.
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A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: more relevant than we could ever comprehend”

If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C.S. Lewis