I have never known anyone whose speech communicated such a sense of the reality of God as did the Doctor (Martin Lloyd-Jones) in those occasional moments of emphasis and doxology. Most of the time, however, it was clear, steady analysis, refection, correction and instruction, based on simple thoughts culled from the text, set out in good order with the minimum of extraneous illustration or decoration. He knew that God’s way to the heart is through the mind (he often insisted that the first thing the gospel does to a man is to make him think), and he preached in a way designed to help people think and thereby grasp truth – and in the process be grasped by it, and so be grasped by the God whose truth it is.

J.I. Packer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy		Poultry, To be poste	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

12		Packaged dried manicotti shells
1		Container soft-style cream cheese with chives and onion; (8-ounce)
2/3	c	Milk
1/4	c	Grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
2	c	Chopped cooked chicken; (10 ounces)
1	pk	Frozen chopped broccoli; thawed and drained (10-ounce)
1/2		Jar roasted red sweet peppers (7-ounce); drained and sliced, or one jar diced pimiento, drained (4-ounce)
1/4	ts	Pepper
		Paprika

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook the manicotti shells according to the directions. Drain shells; rinse
with cold water. Drain again. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small heavy
saucepan melt cream cheese over medium-low heat, stirring constantly.
Slowly add milk, stirring till smooth. Stir in Romano or Parmesan cheese.
Remove from heat. For filling, in a medium mixing bowl stir together % cup
of the sauce, chicken, broccoli, roasted red sweet pepper or pimiento, and
pepper. Using a small spoon, carefully fill each manicotti shell with about
1/4 cup of the filling. Arrange the filled shells in a 3-quart rectangular
baking dish. Pour the remaining sauce over the shells. Sprinkle with
paprika. Cover with foil. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes or
till heated through. Makes 6 main-dish servings.
Recipe by: Better Homes and Gardens Cooking for Today - Pasta
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" <mcgrew@ntr.net> on Apr 4,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“I committed my life to Christ because I believed He was true and real and I had no idea what He was going to do with a mess like me.”

If [1 John 1:9] is a call to immediate confession of every sin we are in trouble: 1. We are in a logistical dilemma. We cannot remember every sin. If our forgiveness depends on this, we are in serious trouble. For this reason, most advocates of this theology say that the confession we are to do is to be for every known sin. But that is an accommodation to the text. It does not say that. Actually, no Christian has confessed every known sin either. 2. We are in a theological dilemma. We have a Catholic theology of sorts. That is, if forgiveness is dependent on our ongoing confession, then what if we die with unconfessed sins? Does this view of confession of every sin being essential for forgiveness and total cleansing mean that our sins are not separated from us like the east is from the west? Does it mean we are not forgiven? Does it mean we are not cleansed from all unrighteousness? In other words, does it mean that the work of Christ on our behalf is ineffective when it comes to forgiveness and cleansing? Does it mean that we are not justified until we get to the end of life, and only then if we have confessed everything? 3. We are in an exegetical dilemma. By this I mean that we cannot reconcile the fact that the same text admits to a continual cleansing from all sins on the basis of the blood with no conditions for the believer, while also requiring the condition of detailed confession in a contiguous verse.

Jim Elliff