Systematic theology is theology that is systematic. It is less narrative, less story, less organic, all key terms in our postmodern age. It is the study of the things of God in a systematic, orderly fashion, where we not only consider what this text says and that text, but where we consider all that the Word says about revelation, then all the Word tells us about who God is, then all that the Word tells us about who Jesus is, and then all that He has done for us. Systematic theology then goes on to consider the doctrine of man, of sin, of sanctification, of the sacraments, the church and the end times. Systematic theology is a way of looking at God’s revelation that strongly affirms the coherency and consistency of all that God reveals. It is an attempt to put all texts in their ultimate context—all other texts.

R.C. Sproul Jr.

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats		Cyberealm, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	md	Cucumbers
1	pn	Salt
8 7/8	oz	Ground beef
1	tb	Vinegar
2 1/8	oz	Bacon
1	sm	Onion
1	c	Water
1	tb	Cornstarch
		Vinegar, salt and sugar to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel cucumbers and cut in half, scooping out the seeds. Rub with
salt and vinegar. Fill with the meat mixed with seasonings and
put the halves together fastening with a string or baking needles.
Brown the bacon and finely chopped onion in the butter in a deep
skillet or casserole dish. Put in the cucumbers; fill the skillet or
dish with hot water (not too much or they will give up much fluids)
and cook until they are soft. Take the cucumbers out and season and
thicken the gravy with cornstarch. Cooking time is about 30 min.
From:  Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY 1993
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmcyber2.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“If it doesn’t lead to Jesus, it doesn’t lead to God”

Surely Paul could have made the gospel more palatable – and less dangerous – by saying it was about something else. Something cleaner and less ridiculous than the cross. Something more glorious. Less disgusting. He didn’t do that, though. “I decided,” Paul said, “to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). In the face of the worst cultural prejudice imaginable, he fixed the entire gospel squarely and immovably on the fact that Jesus was tacked to a stauros and left to die. If he had been trying to find a surefire way to turn first-century people off from his “good news,” he couldn’t have done better than that! So why did he do it? It’s simple. He did it because he knew that leaving the cross out, or running past it with a glance, or making it peripheral to the gospel, or allowing anything else to displace it at the center of the gospel would make it, finally, no gospel at all.

Greg Gilbert