In distinct contrast to the widespread conservative fallacy of the eighties, the sharpest challenge of modernity is not secularism, but secularization. Secularism is a philosophy; secularization is a process. Whereas the philosophy is obviously hostile and touches only a few, the process is largely invisible and touches many. Being openly hostile, secularism rarely deceives Christians. Being much more subtle, secularization often deceives Christians before they are aware of it, including those in the church-growth movement. How else can one explain the comment of a Japanese businessman to a visiting Australian? “Whenever I meet a Buddhist leader, I meet a holy man. Whenever I meet a Christian leader, I meet a manager.”

Os Guinness

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Cklive09	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1	md	Beet
1		Granny Smith apple
1	md	Onion
2	tb	Vegetable oil
1/2	c	Dry red wine
1	ts	Red wine vinegar
1/2	ts	Honey

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel beet, apple, and onion and cut into 1/4-inch dice. In a heavy
saucepan heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking
and saute beet, apple, and onion until onion is softened, about 5
minutes. Stir in wine, vinegar, and honey and simmer relish, covered,
stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Transfer relish to a heatproof
bowl and cool. Chill relish, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 1
week.
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Converted by MC_Buster.
Recipe by: COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL9164
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“How can a moral wrong be a civil right?”

We should not assume that, because God promises to provide a way out of temptation, we have no role in our own rescue. God always provides a way of escape, but He may also require great effort from us. We take advantage of the way of escape God provides by exerting every resource He gives us to fight the enemy… To increase our faith and strengthen our character, God more often allows us to escape temptation by using the means of grace always available to us: conscientiously seeking God’s power and instruction through prayer, meditation on His Word, and the counsel of mature Christians are never passive endeavors.

Bryan Chapell

This Passover [just before our Lord’s sacrifice], after 1500-plus years of Passovers, was the last divinely sanctioned and authorized Passover ever held. Any Passover ever celebrated after this one is not authorized by God. It is a remnant of a bygone economy, of an extinct dispensation, of a covenant no longer in vogue. It is vestigial. It serves no significant purpose. Jesus here celebrated the Passover as a way to bring it to its end. The bell tolled in the upper room for the old economy. Christ ended the long years of Passover and began a new memorial feast which He begins to institute in verse 26 [of Matthew 26]. And this new feast is the feast not of the old economy but the new economy, not the old covenant but the new covenant, not the Old Testament but the New Testament, not looking to a lamb in Egypt but a Lamb of God on a hill of Calvary. So, Jesus ends the old before He begins the new. And after having drawn the curtain on the Passover of the old economy, He institutes the feast of the new.

John MacArthur