Thirty-eight states treat the killing of an unborn child as a form of homicide. They have what are called “fetal homicide laws.” It is illegal to take the life of the unborn if the mother wants the baby, but it is legal to take the life of the unborn if she doesn’t. In the first case the law treats the fetus as a human with rights; in the second case the law treats the fetus as non-human with no rights. Humanness is thus defined by the desire of the strong. Might makes right. We reject this right to define personhood in the case of Nazi anti-Semitism, Confederate race-based slavery, and Soviet Gulags. When we define the humanness of the unborn by the will of the powerful we know what we are doing.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	California	Salads, Main dish	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Mayonnaise
1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Black pepper
1	ds	Red pepper
1	tb	Lemon juice
1	tb	Catsup
1	ts	Worcestershire sauce
1/2	c	Chili sauce
2		Tomatoes; cut in wedges
8	c	Torn salad greens
1/4	c	Sliced green onions
2		Cucumbers; sliced
4	sl	Salami or cooked ham (thin) cut in strips
1/2	c	Cubed cooked Turkey =OR=- Chicken
		Minced parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING
SALAD
Combine mayonnaise, salt, black pepper, red pepper, lemon juice, catsup,
Worcestershire and chili sauce. Chill.
To make salad, toss tomatoes, greens, green onions and cucumbers together.
Place in deep salad bowl and top with salami and turkey. Serve dressing
separately in sauce bowl, sprinkled with parsley.
(C) 1992 The Los Angeles Times
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“Exercise daily — walk with the Lord.”

A Christian is not a person who experiences no bad desires. A Christian is a person who is at war with those desires by the power of the Spirit. Conflict in your soul is not all bad. Even though we long for the day when our flesh will be utterly defunct and only pure and loving desires will fill our hearts, yet there is something worse than the war within between flesh and Spirit – namely, no war within because the flesh controls the citadel and all the outposts. Praise God for the war within! Serenity in sin is death. The Spirit has landed to do battle with the flesh. So take heart if your soul feels like a battlefield at times. The sign of whether you are indwelt by the Spirit is not that you have no bad desires, but that you are at war with them!

John Piper