Nothing, in fact, has done more harm to Christianity than the practice of filling the ranks of Christ's army with every volunteer who is willing to make a little profession, and talk fluently of his experience. It has been painfully forgotten that numbers alone do not make strength, and that there may be a great quantity of mere outward religion, while there is very little real grace. Let us all remember this. Let us keep back nothing from young professors and inquirers after Christ. Let us not enlist them on false pretenses. Let us tell them plainly that there is a crown of glory at the end. But let us tell them no less plainly, that there is a daily cross in the way.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy			4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Smoked bacon; diced
1	md	Onion
2	tb	Olive oil
4		Eggs
4	tb	Grated Parmesan cheese
		Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Finely chop onion and bacon. Place in a small saucepan with oil, cover with
lid and stew on low heat, mixing occasionally, until onion is dissolved (it
takes more or less one hour). While your pasta is cooking, beat eggs with
parmesan cheese and pepper. Drain pasta, place it in a big china or
ceramics bowl and pour beaten eggs first, then the steaming hot onions and
bacon. Mix well and serve immediately: eggs should NOT be allowed to cook!
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by Lucretia B <lucretiab@geocities.com> on Feb
16, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“The biblical concept of love says no to acts of selfishness within marital and other human relationships. #R. C. Sproul”

The marital relationship may be the best way to help us understand the difference between sinful jealousy and righteous jealousy. I can be jealous over my relationship with my wife in a wrong way or in a right way. For example, if I feel resentment or anger merely because I see her talking to another man, that would be self-centered possessiveness and unreasonable domination – in other words, sinful jealousy. It would stem from my own selfishness or insecurity rather than from my commitment to her and to what is right. But, on the other hand, if I see some man actually trying to alienate my wife’s affections and seduce her, then I have reason to be righteously jealous. God gave her to me to be my wife. Her body is mine just as my body is hers. I have the exclusive right to enjoy her fully, and for someone else to assume that right would be a violation of God’s holy standards. I am zealous for the exclusiveness and purity of our marriage, and that is a righteous jealousy.

Richard Strauss