Savoury Mini Muffins – We Love God!

Our ideas of evangelism cannot indict Jesus; rather, He must judge contemporary methods of evangelism. Modern evangelicalism is preoccupied with decisions, statistics, aisle-walking, gimmicks, prefabricated presentations, pitches, emotional manipulation, and even intimidation. Its message is a cacophony of easy-believism and simplistic appeals. Unbelievers are told that if they invite Jesus into their hearts, accept Him as personal Savior, or believe the facts of the gospel, that’s all there is to it. The aftermath is appalling failure, as seen in the lives of multitudes who have professed faith in Christ with no consequent impact of their behavior. Who knows how many people are deluded into believing they are saved when they are not?

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Sainsbury4	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	oz	Butter
1		Red onion, finely chopped
2	oz	Smoked Cheddar cheese
1	oz	Riverina sundried tomatoes
		chopped
15	g	Fresh basil
1	pn	Cayenne pepper
1	t	Olive oil
1/2	t	Salt
8		Floz milk
2		Sized eggs
4	oz	Butter, melted
1		Sized egg, lightly beaten
		for
		glazing
10	oz	Plain flour
1	T	Baking powder
1/2	t	Salt
8		Floz milk
2		Eggs, size 3
4	oz	Butter, melted
1		Egg, size 3 lightly
		beaten for glazing

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 200 C, 400 F, Gas Mark 6. For the fillings, melt
the butter in a heavy based frying pan and saute the onion over a
moderate heat for 6-7 minutes, stirring all the time until the onions
are translucent and tinged slightly brown at the edges. Place in a
shallow dish to prevent them cooking further. Dice the cheese into  5mm
(1/4 inch) pieces reserving 12 cubes. Stir into the red onion.  Set to
one side. For the other filling, chop the basil leaves,  reserving 12
small leaves if possible. Mix the tomatoes, basil and  cayenne pepper
together. Set to one side. Next make the muffin  mixture. First sift
the flour, baking powder and salt onto a large  plate, then take a
large mixing bowl and sift the mixture once again  this time into the
bowl, lifting the sieve up high to give the flour  a good airing. Place
the milk in a jug and whisk in the eggs and  melted butter. Pour the
liquid over the flour using the minimum  amount of movement (it is very
important to ignore the lumpy  appearance of the mixture at this stage
and not to over-mix). Divide  the mixture into two equal quantities and
add the flavourings, which  again should be lightly folded in with as
few strokes as possible.  Spoon the mixture into 2 x 12 hole lightly
greased mini muffin tins,  or 1 x 12 hole standard muffin tins,
preferably non-stick, Dont  overfill them, they should just reach the
top of the tin, then brush  the surface with the lightly beaten egg.
Sprinkle the reserved cubed  cheese over the onion and cheese muffins.
For the sundried tomatoes  and basil muffins, place a small basil leaf
on top of each and using  a small brush or cotton bud, lightly brush
the leaf with olive oil.  Place in a preheated oven 200 C, 400 F, Gas
Mark 6 for 20-25 minutes,  until well risen and golden. Remove and
allow to cool on a wire rack.  They should be eaten as fresh as
possible and while still slightly  warm. Both varieties freeze well and
should be gently re-heated after  defrosting. Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : These mini muffins originating from America make a delicious
breakfast or will add a treat to any childs lunchbox.  Converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 131 Calories From Fat: 83 Total Fat: 9.5g Cholesterol: 23.1mg Sodium: 411.6mg Potassium: 68.9mg Carbohydrates: 10.3g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 2g

So how does a person shut down conscience? Two ways: misinform it. Conscience is not a law; conscience is a mechanism. You can shut down pain, right? You can shut down pain; just take drugs. Mask pain. If you mask pain, you mask the reality that you’re doing some damage. You can mask conscience by misinforming it. How do you do that? You take the true law of God, which is written in Scripture and written in the human heart, and you basically eliminate it, denounce it, diminish it, remove it, and replace it with another law; and if you do this generationally you’ll eventually raise generations of people whose conscience is now informed by lies. The other thing you can do to shut down the conscience is just think you shouldn’t feel guilty. Let psychology take you off-the-hook: “You shouldn’t feel bad about yourself. You’re wonderful. You’re the best. You can be anything you want to be. You’re heroic. You’re a good person. You ought to be able to do whatever you want. You live any way you want. Don’t let anybody make you feel guilty for anything.” Just keep driving all efforts against the normal work of the conscience and misinform the conscience and you’ve turned the beast loose. This society in which we live today has been doing that damage for decades, for decades.

John MacArthur