If you begin to slip on the side of a mountain of ice, the first slip may not hurt if you can stop and slide no further. But alas, you cannot so regulate sin! When your feet begin to slide, the rate of the descent increases, and the difficulty of arresting this motion is incessantly becoming greater. It is dangerous to backslide in any degree, for we know not to what it may lead. The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up. You have to cut every step with an ice ax. Only with incessant labor in cutting and chipping can you make any progress. If you want to know how to backslide, leave off going forward. Cease going upward and you will go downward of necessity. You can never stand still.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy	Mexican	Meat	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	lb	PORK SHOULDER; BEEF OR CHICK
3	tb	MEXICAN SEASONING
		TORTILLAS
		FRESH CILANTRO
		CHOPPED GREEN ONIONS
		CHOPPED TOMATOES
		SALSA
		SOUR CREAM

INSTRUCTIONS

Cover the meat with water.  Add Mexican Seasoning. Bring to a boil.  Simmer
chicken until just done.  With beef or pork cook until tender.  Be careful
not to overcook as meat will fall apart. Drain. Quickly brown meat in hot
oil. Shred meat. Serve with warmed tortillas, fresh cilantro, chopped green
onions, chopped tomatoes, salsa, and sour cream. Put condiments in separate
bowls so everyone can take a tortilla and make their own burrito
combinations.
Date:    6/28/96 7:27 AM
From: dlassiter@atsva.com
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #133
From the MasterCook recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

A Message from our Provider:

“It will work out perfectly – if you let Jesus take control”

The biblical evidence : Matthew 1:18-25 1. Joseph and Mary were betrothed (1:18, 20, 24), a relationship regarded as the legal equivalent of marriage. In other words, betrothal could be broken only by a formal divorce. This is why Joseph is referred to as her “husband” (v. 19). 2. Although betrothed, the relationship had not yet been consummated sexually (see vv. 18, 25; also Luke 1:34). 3. Mary’s pregnancy is attributed to the Holy Spirit: a. Verse 20 – “of the Holy Spirit.” b. Verse 16 – “and to Jacob was born Joseph the husband of Mary, by/of whom [feminine] was born Jesus.” Matthew clearly excludes Joseph. c. Note that the repeated active verb (“was the father of” or “begot”) gives way to a divine passive in v. 16 (i.e., God is the active agent in the conception and birth of Jesus). 4. Joseph is instructed to take Mary into his house and to name the child (vv. 20-21) thereby establishing for Joseph legal paternity of the child. Hence the community came to believe that Joseph was Jesus’ father (Lk. 2:48; Mt. 13:55). Luke 1:26-38 1. Mary is explicitly identified as a “virgin” (parthenos, v. 27), a fact she confirms in v. 34. 2. Verse 35 clearly attributes the conception to the work of the Holy Spirit. 3. The terms translated “come upon” and “overshadow” (v. 35) are not euphemisms for sexual relations. They are simply figurative expressions for divine intervention by which God will supercede the natural order of things. 4. For the term “overshadow,” see Ex. 40:35; Psm. 91:4; 140:7; Mt. 17:5; Mk. 9:7; Lk. 9:34 (cf. also Gen. 1:2). The emphasis is on the powerful creative presence of the Spirit in bringing to pass the conception of the man Jesus.

Sam Storms