The doctrine of concurrence affirms that God directs, and works through, the distinctive properties of each created thing, so that these things themselves bring about the results that we see. In this way it is possible to affirm that in one sense events are fully (100 percent) caused by God and fully (100 percent) caused by the creature as well. However, divine and creaturely causes work in different ways. The divine cause of each event works as an invisible, behind-the-scenes, directing cause and therefore could be called the 'primary cause' that plans and initiates everything that happens. But the created thing brings about actions in ways consistent with the creature’s own properties [which God unchangeably gave and sustains], ways that can often be described by us or by professional scientists who carefully observe the processes. These creaturely factors and properties can therefore be called the 'secondary' causes of everything that happens, even though they are the causes that are evident to us by observation (Wayne Grudem and Jeff Purswell).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains		Barbara1	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Olive oil
2	lb	Lean ground round or ground turkey; as desired
1	lg	Onion; chopped
2		Garlic cloves; thinly sliced
1	cn	Chicken broth; (14.5 oz)
1	cn	Diced tomatoes; undrained (28 oz)
2	sm	Cans; (4.8 oz each) diced
		; green chilies,
		; undrained
1	cn	Tomato sauce; (14.8 oz)
3	tb	Chili powder
1	ts	Ground cumin
1	ts	Ground coriander
1	ts	Paprika
1/8	ts	Cayenne pepper
1 1/2	ts	Salt; or to taste
2	cn	Kidney beans; drained and rinsed,
		; up to 3 (14.8 oz
		; each)

INSTRUCTIONS

Brown the ground round or ground turkey in the olive oil, then drain
off any excess grease. Add the onion and garlic and saute 1-2 minutes
or until onion is slightly softened. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes,
diced chilies, tomato sauce, chili powder, ground cumin, ground
coriander, paprika, cayenne pepper and salt. Cover and simmer about
30 minutes to marry flavors. Stir in drained and rinsed kidney beans
and simmer an additional 15 minutes. Serve over Corn Puffs (see
recipe this month). Yield: 8 servings.
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