(crostini Napoletani) Neapolitan-style Crostini

The evangelical church’s chief strategies to end abortion have been to put pressure on abortion clinics and on elected officials. There is nothing wrong with these strategies; however, one strategy that has not been used or adopted widely is that of protesting those churches that support the ghastly murder of unborn babies. It is time for Christians to give prophetic criticism to the church, specifically to those churches that support abortion on demand or remain silent on this major issue…[and] when the church is silent in the midst of a holocaust, she ceases to be a real church.

R.C. Sproul

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Italian	Appetizers, Italian	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

16		Slices of Italian bread
		Cut 1/2-inch thick
1/4	c	Extra-virgin olive oil
1/3	c	Black or green olivada* OR
1/3	c	4 oz. Calamata olives
		Pitted or finely chopped
1/2	lb	Fresh mozzarella cheese
		Cut in 14 1/4-inch slices
1/2	lb	Plum tomatoes, cut
		Lengthwise into 16 1/4-inch
		Slices
1/8	t	Salt
1/8	t	Freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 400F.  Brush one side of the bread slices with
some of the olive oil and arrange on a baking sheet oiled side up.
Bake until lightly browned and crusty, about 4 minutes. 2. Spread the
olivada or chopped olives on each toast, cover each with a slice of
mozzarella and top with a slice of tomato.  Brush the tomatoes with
the remaining oil and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Bake until
the cheese is melted, about 8 to 10 minutes.  Serve at once.    Olivada
is a puree of black or green olives packed in oil that is  sold at
specialty food stores.  You can substitute tapenade or make  your own.
(Note from me:  We have a batch of pesto in the  refrigerator so I plan
to use it instead of the olivada.)  I also  plan to use Creole or
homegrown tomatoes. File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdjaxxx.zip

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 77 Calories From Fat: 24 Total Fat: 2.8g Cholesterol: 9.1mg Sodium: 197.9mg Potassium: 28.6mg Carbohydrates: 7.9g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 4.8g

The first mark of a healthy church is expositional preaching. It is not only the first mark; it is far and away the most important of them all, because if you get this one right, all of the others should follow… If you get the priority of the Word established, then you have in place the single most important aspect of the church’s life, and growing health is virtually assured, because God has decided to act by His Spirit through His Word… The congregation’s commitment to the centrality of the Word coming from the front, from the preacher, the one specially gifted by God and called to that ministry, is the most important thing you can look for in a church.

Mark Dever