Name: Chili Pecan Nibbles
Ingredients: 4 c Pecan halves; 6 tb Melted butter; 2 ts Chile powder; 1/4 ts Cayenne pepper; 2 Cloves crushed garlic; 1/2 ts Salt; 1/2 ts Ground coriander

Confronting another when they are in a state of sin is an act of love. If our children were abusing drugs we would make a judgment call. Why is it any different if a brother or sister in Christ is acting in a destructive manner? Don’t we understand the destructive nature of sin? It nailed our Savior to the cross! Respected pastor and theologian, John Stott, once said, “To [learn of a foreign object in a brother’s eye and] leave it there, and make no attempt to remove it, would hardly be consistent with brotherly love” (Sermon on the Mount, p. 179). If we really want to be more like Christ (Rom. 8:29), we will be grateful to have our sins revealed. If we are humble, we will be grateful to have our sins revealed. It is only the scoffer, according to Proverbs, who hates correction (Pro. 9:8). And if this is what is best for us, we should naturally want it for others. Isn’t that the Golden Rule (Mt. 7:12)?

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Appetizer	14	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	Pecan halves
6	tb	Melted butter
2	ts	Chile powder
1/4	ts	Cayenne pepper
2		Cloves crushed garlic
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Ground coriander

INSTRUCTIONS

From: gcaselton@easynet.co.uk (Graeme Caselton BSc(Open))
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:26:49 +0200
*** Preheat oven to 375&deg;F.
Spread pecans on large baking pan and bake 7 minutes.  In small bowl, mix
melted butter, chili powder, garlic, cayenne, salt and coriander.  Pour
mixture over pecans. Bake for 5 minutes.  Serve warm.
CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V3 #085
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A Message from our Provider:

“Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it. #A.W. Tozer”

We have failed to understand that children and young people are not God-lovers until the Spirit changes them. They are dead to God. Our attempts at getting these young people to “pray the prayer” when they were small have not necessarily made them children of God. Their behavior belies the true state of their hearts. God has said that the only hope for them, therefore, is the regenerating work of the Spirit in the context of the preaching of the Word (James 1:18). However, our inadequate view of depravity and the inability of man has led us to resort instead to a greater confidence in entertainment to reach them and a minimizing of the use of the Word. If God has ordained that the Word and the Spirit are the only hope for these kids, then we should not avoid the means God has promised to bless.

Jim Elliff