Name: Lentil-Rice Stew
Ingredients: 3/4 c Celery, chopped; 3/4 c Onion, chopped; 1/4 c Butter; 6 c Water; 3/4 c Lentils, washed; 32 oz Tomatoes, canned; 3/4 c Brown rice; 1 ts Salt; 1/4 ts Pepper; 1/2 ts Rosemary; 1/2 ts Garlic salt; 1/2 c Carrots, shredded

Explain the Gospel as perfectly as possible and they sadly just do not see it. The problem is not necessarily the presenter. The problem is definitely not the Gospel! Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:4 that the Gospel is “the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” That’s impressive, as good as it gets! But because of the spiritual blindness of the individual (2 Cor. 4:3-4), unable to see the Gospel’s greatness, there is simply no desire without God’s enabling power. And add to the blindness, a spiritually dead heart (Eph. 2:1), and there is absolutely no way a person on his or her own will ever desire Jesus Christ. In other words, people are not blinded because they chose to renounce the Gospel. Rather people renounce the Gospel because they are blinded by the evil one.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Main dishes, Rice	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	c	Celery, chopped
3/4	c	Onion, chopped
1/4	c	Butter
6	c	Water
3/4	c	Lentils, washed
32	oz	Tomatoes, canned
3/4	c	Brown rice
1	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Pepper
1/2	ts	Rosemary
1/2	ts	Garlic salt
1/2	c	Carrots, shredded

INSTRUCTIONS

Saute celery and onion in butter in a large pan. Add water and lentils,
cook 20 minutes. Add tomatoes, brown rice, salt, pepper, rosemary and
garlic salt. Simmer 50 to 60 minutes. Add carrots. Cook 5 minutes and serve
Recipe by: Reader's Recipe Contest
Posted to EAT-L Digest 04 Feb 97 by JoAnn <joannr@PCLINK.COM> on Feb 5,
1997.

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