Name: Potato Primavera Spud
Ingredients: 2 tb Pinenuts; 2 Baked potatoes; 1/2 c White sauce; 1/8 ts Salt; 1/4 c Parmesan; 1/4 c Peas, cooked; 1/4 c Carrots, dice, cooked; 1/4 c Yellow squash, diced, cooked; 1/2 c Sm broccoli flowerets cooked; 1/2 c Onion, chpd, cooked; 1 sm Tomato, peeled, diced

The idea of being on fire for Christ will strike some people as dangerous emotionalism. 'Surely,' they will say, 'We are not meant to go to extremes? You are not asking us to become hot-gospel fanatics?' Well, wait a minute. It depends what you mean. If by 'fanaticism' you really mean 'wholeheartedness,' then Christianity is a fanatical religion and every Christian should be a fanatic. But fanaticism is not wholeheartedness, nor is wholeheartedness fanaticism. Fanaticism is an unreasoning and unintelligent wholeheartedness. It is the running away of the heart with the head. At the end of a statement prepared for a conference on science, philosophy and religion at Princeton University in 1940 came these words: 'Commitment without reflection is fanaticism in action; but reflection without commitment is the paralysis of all action.' What Jesus Christ desires and deserves is the reflection which leads to commitment and the commitment which is born of reflection. This is the meaning of wholeheartedness, of being aflame for God.

John Stott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Vegetarian	Stuft spuds, Vegetarian	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Pinenuts
2		Baked potatoes
1/2	c	White sauce
1/8	ts	Salt
1/4	c	Parmesan
1/4	c	Peas, cooked
1/4	c	Carrots, dice, cooked
1/4	c	Yellow squash, diced, cooked
1/2	c	Sm broccoli flowerets cooked
1/2	c	Onion, chpd, cooked
1	sm	Tomato, peeled, diced

INSTRUCTIONS

STUFFED SPUDS
Toast pine nuts in 350 Foven, 8-10 mins or until golden brown. Watch them
carefully as they burn easily. Set aside. Cut a thin slice from the top of
each potato. Remove pulp, being careful not to tear the shells. Keep shells
warm. Crumble potato pulp. Add white sauce, salt, and Parmesan; mix
thoroughly. Add all other vegs except tomatoes; mix well. Add pine nuts;
mix thoroughly. Heap into shells. Garnish with diced toamto.
Note: You may vary the vegs according to what you have on hand. It is best
to have a colorful combo, all cooked just crisp-tender. You may either heat
the white sauce and vegs before adding to crumbled potato pulp, or add them
cold and put the stuffed potato in a 350 F oven, 10-15 mins before
garnishing with tomato.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #199
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:53:29 -0400
From: Dan Schamber <dansch@haven.ios.com>

A Message from our Provider:

“God loves everyone, but probably prefers \”fruits of the spirit\” over \”religious nuts!\””

No matter how pious legalism appears on the outside, it dishonors God by revealing a deep-seated distrust of God. Stop and think about it for a minute. Why do men insist upon putting agreements in writing? Why are legal contracts necessary? For only one reason – men are fallible. At best, we tend to forget the things we have committed to do. At worst, we never intended to do them in the first place. A legal contract gives one man a basis for forcing another to do what he has promised. Do you really believe God is so unreliable that we must create a contract which binds Him? All of the biblical covenants are those which were initiated by God, not man. And most of these covenants are unconditional; that is, they are not conditioned by any action on man’s part, but only on the faithfulness of God Himself. Legalism by its very nature implies that God is so untrustworthy that we must be sure to get it down in contractual form. Far better it is to leave blessings in the hand of the One who is gracious.

Bob Deffinbaugh