Using the perspective of idolatry, addicts are blinded by their own desire. They refuse to see themselves as dependent on God. God’s glory and fame is not their goal. In their self-addiction or selfishness, they worship and bow down before false gods. Addicts have defected from the living God. Instead of worshipping in the temple of the Lord, they perform addictive rituals that give them more perceived power, pleasure, or identity. They see in their addiction a form of magic (Deut. 18:10-14). The promises of the idol, however, are lies. Any identity, power, or peace they bring is false and temporary. There are only two choices: putting your faith in a loving God and thus knowing freedom, or putting your faith in idols (Satan) and being enslaved. Curiously, our selfish pride prefers slavery.

Edward Welch

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy		Vegetable	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

30	g	Butter
1/2	ts	Pepper
1		Onion; finely chopped
		Ground nutmeg to taste
1 1/2	tb	Flour
1 1/2	c	Milk
1/4	ts	Salt
500	g	Frozen pearl onions or small white pickling onions; peeled
		Paprika (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:40:18 +1100
From: sherae@zeta.org.au (Sheri McRae)
Heat butter in a 4 cup glass jug, covered with a paper towel, on HIGH for
45 seconds, or until melted. Add chopped onion. Cook on HIGH for 2-3 mins.
until softened, stirring once. Stir in flour until blended. Cook on HIGH
for 3-4 mins. until sauce has thickened and is smooth, stirring twice.
Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Combine onions and sauce in a 23cm
round baking dish. Cook on HIGH for 3-5 mins. until sauce bubbles, stirring
halfway through cooking. Sprinkle, if you like with paprika.
Per serving: 513 Calories; 37g Fat (64% calories from fat); 15g Protein;
33g Carbohydrate; 115mg Cholesterol; 1510mg Sodium
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A Message from our Provider:

“Do you only BELIEVE in God? How about loving him!”

We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else. If we seek salvation, we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is of Him. If we seek any other gifts of the Spirit, they will be found in His anointing. If we seek strength, it lies in His dominion; if purity, in His conception; if gentleness, it appears in His birth. For by His birth He was made like us in all respects, that He might learn to feel our pain. If we seek redemption, it lies in His passion; if acquittal, in His condemnation; if remission of the curse, in His cross; if satisfaction, in His sacrifice; if purification, in His blood; if reconciliation, in His descent into hell; if mortification of the flesh, in His tomb; if newness of life, in His resurrection; if immortality, in the same; if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom, in His entrance into heaven; if protection, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings, in His Kingdom; if untroubled expectation of judgment, in the power given to Him to judge. In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in Him, let us drink our fill from this fountain, and from no other.

John Calvin