God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Seven benefits of books over preached sermons:
1. You may read an able preacher when you have but a mean one to hear.
2. Every congregation cannot hear the most judicious or powerful preachers, but every single person may read the books of the most powerful and judicious.
3. Preachers may be silenced or banished, when books may be at hand.
4. Books may be kept at a smaller charge than preachers.
5. We may choose books which treat that very subject which we desire to hear, but we cannot choose what subject the preacher shall treat.
6. Books may be at hand every day and hour, when we cannot have sermons but seldom, and at set times.
7. If sermons are forgotten, they are gone, but a book we may read over and over till we remember it; and if we forget it, may again peruse it at our leisure, or at our pleasure.
When I speak of total depravity I do not mean that all men are as depraved as they possibly can be, nor that the depravity of their heart will always manifest itself equally in all respects at all times. Total depravity simply means that the whole of the individual, his heart, soul, spirit, and will, is affected by and enslaved to sin, thereby rendering him odious in the sight of God. What this means in terms of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that if left to himself a person will invariably, inevitably, and without pause reject the truth. Total depravity means that no matter how “civil” or “compassionate” or “industrious” or “law-abiding” he might otherwise be in his dealings with other people, he is utterly and willfully indisposed to all that Christ is and says. Merely preaching to that person will profit nothing.
From: Gerald Edgerton <jerrye@wizard.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 10:44:28 -0700
Rinse and dry salmon with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper and
sprinkle with lemon juice and olive oil. Spread onion slices over salmon
and let stand 1 hour. Discard onion. Arrange in broiling pan. Broil 3"
from source of heat, turning once, until browned on both sides. Serves 4.
Posted to Master Cook Recipes List, Digest #92
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