The object of the Christian ministry is to convert sinners and to edify the body of Christ. No faithful minister can possibly rest short of this. Applause, fame, popularity, honor, wealth – all these are vain. If souls are not won, if saints are not matured, our ministry itself is vain. The question, therefore, which each of us has to answer to his own conscience is, “Has it been the end of my ministry, has it been the desire of my heart to save the lost and guide the saved? Is this my aim in every sermon I preach, in every visit I pay?”

Horatius Bonar

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy, Eggs		Poultry	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Chopped celery
1	c	Chopped onion
1		Green pepper; chopped
		Oil
1		Fryer; boiled, deboned, cut up
1	c	Broth from boiled fryer
1	cn	Cream of chicken soup
1	cn	Cream of mushroom soup
1	pk	Narrow egg noodles; cooked & drained
		Grated cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

Saute first 3 ingredients in oil. Mix all ingredients together. Place in
casserole dish. Top with cheese & bake for 30 minutes at 350.
MRS. W.W. CAERY
From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, Helena-West
Helena, AR 72390.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Shredded flesh against unforgiving wood, iron stakes pounded through bone and wracked nerves, joints wrenched out of socket by the sheer dead weight of the body, public humiliation before the eyes of family, friends, and the world – that was death on the cross, “the infamous stake” as the Romans called it, “the barren wood,” the maxima mala crux. Or as the Greeks spat it out, the stauros. No wonder no one talked about it. No wonder parents hid their children’s eyes from it. The stauros was a loathsome thing, and the one who died on it was loathsome too, a vile criminal whose only use was to hang there as a putrid, decaying warning to anyone else who might follow his example. That is how Jesus died.

Greg Gilbert

Covenants are not merely contracts or promises. Rather, covenants are relationships under authority, with both obligations and rewards. The terms and benefits of the relationship are spelled out, and so are the consequences if the relationship is broken. But what is perhaps most significant about biblical covenants is that when God enters into a covenant, He must condescend to initiate it, He sets the terms, He provides the benefits, and He executes the judgment when the covenant is broken.

Michael Lawrence