Name: Mixed Herb Pesto
Ingredients: 1 c Packed fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves; washed well and; ; spun dry; 1/2 c Packed fresh basil leaves; washed well and; ; spun dry; 1 tb Fresh thyme leaves; 1 tb Fresh rosemary leaves; 1 tb Fresh tarragon leaves; 1/2 c Freshly grated Parmesan; (about 1 1/2 ounces); 1/3 c Olive oil; 1/4 c Walnuts; toasted golden; ; brown and cooled; 1 tb Balsamic vinegar

But it is far more common for the evangelical preacher to edit God’s Word: 1. By removing the text from its context, and using it to say what-ever the preacher likes, 2. By moralizing the text, so that it is reduced to an ethical maxim that ﬁts any religion, 3. By using the text to promote hobby-horses, and 4. By dogmatic insistence that the text says things it does not truly say. This homiletical hocus-pocus has subtle roots such as the desire to be clever and popular or synthetically relevant or intellectually respectable or to make the gospel more acceptable. But most often God’s Word gets watered down by the preacher’s laziness. He simply will not do the hard work to engage and preach a text in its context.

Kent Hughes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Sami	August 1995	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Packed fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves; washed well and
		; spun dry
1/2	c	Packed fresh basil leaves; washed well and
		; spun dry
1	tb	Fresh thyme leaves
1	tb	Fresh rosemary leaves
1	tb	Fresh tarragon leaves
1/2	c	Freshly grated Parmesan; (about 1 1/2 ounces)
1/3	c	Olive oil
1/4	c	Walnuts; toasted golden
		; brown and cooled
1	tb	Balsamic vinegar

INSTRUCTIONS

In a food processor blend together all ingredients with salt and pepper to
taste until smooth. (Pesto keeps, surface covered with plastic wrap,
chilled, 1 week.)
Makes about 3/4 cup.
Gourmet August 1995
Converted by MC_Buster.
Per serving: 833 Calories (kcal); 90g Total Fat; (93% calories from fat);
8g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 1mg Sodium Food Exchanges:
1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 17
1/2    Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

A Message from our Provider:

“God weeps for you”

Yes, we have a responsibility to vote! “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, people groan” (Prov. 29:2). Because we do live in a republic where our voice counts (“We the people”), we need to know what is most important according to God’s will and determine the politician that best will uphold it. It’s impossible to say that religion and politics do not mix. Being “salt and light” does not exempt us from the political world. We should influence it. When Christians choose not to vote we open a vacuum to unrighteous legislation that now provides a greater opportunity for evil to thrive and be imposed on the will of the people, including ourselves and future generations. In the Bible, Joseph and Daniel heavily influenced governing leaders and it greatly benefitted God’s people. Likewise, we are called in Galatians 6:10 to “do good to all people.” Why would we want men and women in the office that will introduce and perpetuate unrighteousness in our society? With the blood-bought freedoms we enjoy as a country, thanks to our military heroes, we cannot sit back and refuse to exercise our rights only to further individuals in the office that will not submit to Divine Law or the Constitution.

Randy Smith