If your brother sins — chapter-and-verse disobedience to the Bible — and the sin is against you, rebuke him. Not a demeaning humiliation. Just sit down with him and say, “Brother, here in [biblical text], God says... But last Tuesday, you and I were in that meeting and, as I recall, you said/did... Brother, I can’t see how that behavior lines up with this verse. How do you see it?” No vague generalities, but verifiable facts, clearly addressed by the Bible. We need to have the freedom to rebuke one another’s sinful and foolish behavior. But let’s be gentle and respectful. Let’s offer the brother an opportunity to explain himself. After all, there might be more to it than one realizes. And let’s avoid the verb “to be” (“You are...”) or “always” and “never” (“You always/never...”). Those categories are too absolute to be fair. They blast the brother to smithereens, with no dignity left.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Grains		Main dish, Fish	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

650	g	Thick white fish fillets
2	ts	Lemon juice
1	ts	Cumin seeds
1/2	ts	Fennel seeds
1/2	c	Desiccated cocunt
2		Piece ginger chopped (2cm)
2		Dried chillies, soaked for
		15 minutes in hot water
2		Cloves garlic
1	md	Onion
3/4	ts	Turmeric
2	ts	Tamarind concentrate
2	tb	Butter
1 1/2	c	Water
2	tb	Chopped coriander

INSTRUCTIONS

Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 12 minutes
Cut across the fillets to make thick slices. Sprinkle with lemon juice and
set aside. Toast the cumin, fennel seeds and coconut in a dry pan until
lightly golden and aromatic. Grind to a powder in a spice grinder. Grind
the ginger, chillies, garlic and onion to a paste and add the ground
spices, turmeric and tamarind. Fry the prepared seasoning paste in the
butter for 1.5-2 minutes, stirring. Add water and bring to boil. Simmer for
6 minutes. Add the fish with half the coriander. Simmer gently until the
fish is tender, about 6 minutes. Serve with rice, garnishing with the
remaining coriander.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 26 October 96
Date:    Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:00:24 +1000
From:    "I. Chaudhary" <imranc@ONTHENET.COM.AU>

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