The stakes in the current conflict over sex are more critical, more central, and more essential than in any controversy the church has ever known. This is a momentous statement, but I make it soberly, without exaggeration. Conflict over sex these days is not just challenging tradition, orthodoxy, and respect for authority in areas such as ordination, marriage, and gender roles. And it does not just affect critically important decisions like the sanctity of human life, the authority and trustworthiness of Scripture, the Trinity and the incarnation of Christ. Rather, war over sex among Christians is now raging over absolutely essential matters of faith without which no one can be a Christian in the first place – matters such as sin, salvation, the gospel and the identity of God Himself (Daniel Heimbach).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Desserts, Kid friendl	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Scoop ice cream; (any flavor)
2		Rings pineapple; cut in half
		Chocolate chips
		Grapes
		Black licorice
		Multi colored sprinkles

INSTRUCTIONS

Put scoop of ice cream in bowl. Place halves of pineapples, 2 on each side.
Put 2 chocolate chips as eyes. Cut 1 grape in half and put 1 half under
eyes. Sprinkle the sprinkles on ice cream. Put licorice as antennaes. Place
chocolate chips and grapes on pineapples.
busted by sooz
Recipe by: Key Gourmet
Posted to recipelu-digest by sooz <kirkland@gj.net> on Mar 23, 1998

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“Jesus: the human face of God”

[Jesus is] not saying, “Take absolutely no oaths at all,” because Jesus Himself took and made oaths. You remember what Jesus said to His disciples in the upper room in John 13? “I tell you I will never again eat of this meal until we eat it in the Kingdom.” He was making an oath. He was saying, “I’m never going to sit down with you and eat this supper until we are eating the marriage feast of the Lamb together.” It was a pledge to His people – that He was going to be faithful until He brought them to glory. Paul made oaths. So Jesus’ point is not, “Don’t ever make oaths.” His point is, “Don’t ever use God’s name in an oath with subterfuge.” You always tell the truth. And even if you don’t invoke God’s name, whenever you are being called upon to tell you are witnessing as to whether you are from God or from the evil one.

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