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When I speak of “means,” I have in view Bible-reading, private prayer, regular attendance on public worship, regular hearing of God’s Word, and regular reception of the Lord’s Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact, that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification. I can find no record of any eminent saint who ever neglected them. They are appointed channels through which the Holy Spirit conveys fresh supplies of grace to the soul, and strengthens the work which He has begun in the inward man. Let men call this legal doctrine if they please, but I will never shrink from declaring my belief that there are no “spiritual gains without pains”… Our God is a God who works by means, and He will never bless the soul of that man who pretends to be so high and spiritual that he can get on without them.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Christmas, Pasta	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Red bell pepper
1		Carrot
1		Garlic clove
2	T	Oil
1/2	t	Salt
14 1/2	oz	Canned stewed tomatoes
1	T	Tomato paste
1/2	lb	Perciatelli or spaghetti
1/3	c	Green olives w/ pimiento
326		* calories per serving
9		* g protein per serving
9		* g fat per serving
847		* mg sodium per serving
53		* g carbohydrate per serving

INSTRUCTIONS

Chop pepper and carrot.  Mince garlic.  In a large frying pan, heat
the oil over medium heat.  Add the chopped pepper, carrot, garlic and
salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, 7 to
10 minutes. Stir in stewed tomatoes and tomato paste, reduce heat to
low and cook 5 minutes longer. Cook the pasta in a large pot of
boiling salted water until just done.  Drain.  Add to the sauce with
the olives and toss. Taste and add salt if needed.  Serve hot. Work
time: 20 minutes Total time: 30 minutes  From Gemini's MASSIVE
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The man who studies theology, and especially he who studies dogmatics, might watch carefully whether he increasingly does not think in the third rather than the second person. You know what I mean by that. This transition from one to the other level of thought, from a personal relationship with God to a merely technical reference, usually is exactly synchronized with the moment that I no longer can read the word of Holy Scripture as a word to me, but only as the object of exegetical endeavors. This is the first step toward the worst and most widespread ministers’ disease. For the minister frequently can hardly expound a text as a letter which has been written to him, but he reads the text under the impulse of the question, How would it be used in a sermon?

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