Name: Graham Pudding Sandwiches
Ingredients: 1 pk (small) Sugar-free; fat-free instant chocolate pudding; 1/2 c Regular peanut butter; 64 Individual graham cracker squares

We sometimes use the analogy of beef stew to illustrate how we think racial diversity will play out in our church. We don’t want to be a bag of marbles, where each culture exists side by side in a congregation but with interpenetration with the others. We also don’t want to be a melting pot, however, where each culture loses its distinctive flavor. If you mix a hundred different paint colors together, you end up with a dull gray. We want the church to be like beef stew, where each element retains its basic consistency but “flavors” the others, too. That’s cheeky, for sure, but it helps us picture what racial diversification might look like in a local body.

J.D. Greear

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains			32	Sandwiches

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	(small) Sugar-free; fat-free instant chocolate pudding
1/2	c	Regular peanut butter
64		Individual graham cracker squares

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare the pudding according to package directions. Mix in the 1/2 cup
peanut butter. Spread 1 tablespoon of the mixture on 1 graham cracker
square: top with another graham cracker square to make a sandwich. Wrap
each sandwich in freezer wrap and freeze. Eat frozen, or slightly thawed.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving size 1 sandwich Carbohydrate Exchange 1 Amount per serving:
Calories 81; Calories from fat 22; Total Fat 2 grams; Saturated Fat 1 gram;
Cholesterol 0 milligrams; Sodium 116 milligrams; Carbohydrate 13 grams;
Dietary Fiber 1 gram; Sugars 4 grams; Protein 2 grams
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #446 by "Doug & Bonnie  Worrell"
<worrdoug@mcn.net> on Dec 11, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Everything else can wait but the search for God cannot wait.#George Harrison, 2001”

Biblical steps for giving reproof: 1. Preliminary- Realize that you are not on the sin patrol! It is your responsibility to look for the good in others and seek ways to edify your brothers and sisters in Christ (1 Thes. 5:11). Confronting others should only occur when the sin is brought to your personal attention (1 Cor. 5:1-5), not news that you received from another. Also, be sure that it is a biblical sin and not just an issue of preference! 2. Pray for the offender hat God would give him or her awareness of the sin (Psm. 119:18) and that God soften his or her heart to the truth in your rebuke (Psm. 51:17). Pray also for yourself that God will use you as a mouthpiece for His glory (Rom. 12:1) and the other’s good (Heb. 10:24). That He will rightly prepare your heart (Psm. 139:23). Have you sinned against the offender (and God) regarding this matter by demonstrating gossip (2 Cor. 12:20), bitterness (Heb. 12:15), judgmentalism (Mt. 7:1-2) or lack of forgiveness (Eph. 4:32)? Is your spirit right with God prior to the confrontation by demonstrating proper motives (1 Cor. 4:3-5), self-examination (Mt. 7:5), humility (Gal. 6:1, 3) and gentleness (Gal. 6:1)? 3. Confront him or her with the Word (Heb. 4:12). Initially go in private (Mt. 18:15). Take the offender to specific Bible passages that directly address the situation (2 Ti. 3:16-17). Explain/reason/dialogue where necessary (Pr. 25:15). Point him or her to Christ for forgiveness and repair (1 Jn. 1:8-9). Restore the relationship if necessary (Mt. 5:24). Pray together (Jas. 5:16). 4. Offer assistance – bear his or her burdens (Gal. 6:2), prayer (1 Sa. 12:23), accountability (Pr. 27:17) , encouragement (1 Thes. 5:11), counseling (Pr. 27:9) and tangible help (1 Jn. 3:18).

Randy Smith