Slow Roasted Plum Tomatoes (washington)

Reasons why church discipline is ignored or neglected? 1. Ignorance of biblical teaching on the subject (many believe that it is infrequently mentioned in Scripture and therefore unimportant; others are ignorant of the purpose of discipline and see it only as destroying the person). 2. Calloused, insensitivity toward sin (unsanctified mercy). 2. The spirit of individualism ('Am I my brother's keeper?' Discipline is costly because my brother's/sister's business now becomes mine). 3. 'Judge not, that ye be not judged' (misunderstanding and misapplication of Mt. 7:1-5). 4. Fear of rejection (i.e., fear of being told by the offending party: 'Mind your own business. You have no authority to tell me what I can and can't do'). 5. Fear of reprisal (lawsuits). 6. Dislike of confrontation (talking directly about personal sin with an offender is difficult; it makes us feel uneasy and uncomfortable; why rock the boat?). 7. Fear of driving the person away (especially if the offending person is a major financial contributor to the church). 8. Fear of church splits. 9. Preference for avoiding problems (just ignore it long enough and it will go away; time heals all). 10. False concept of discipline because of observed abuses (discipline is associated in the minds of many with heresy hunts, intolerance, oppression, harshness, mean-spiritedness, self-righteousness, legalism, etc.). 11. Belief that preaching alone will be a sufficient remedy. 12. Fear of being labeled a cult. 13. Fear of change (the power of tradition: 'We've never done it before and we've done o.k. Why risk messing things up now?').

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Sami	Cookies, Restaurant, Vegetables, Washington	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Dozen roma tomatoes
1/2	c	Olive oil
3	T	Balsamic vinegar
2	t	Chopped garlic
1	t	Dry basil leaves
1	t	Dry oregano leaves
1	t	Dry thyme leaves
1	t	Ground fennel seed
		Salt
		Fresh ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Slice tomatoes lengthwise and arrange close together on a heavy cookie
sheet Mix the olive oil, vinegar, and garlic and brush evenly on the
tomatoes. Mix the dried herbs and fennel together and sprinkle evenly
over the tomatoes. Dust tomatoes generously with salt and fresh
pepper.  Place these in an oven set at the lowest possible temperature,
and  leave them for at least 12 hours. Tomatoes will lose about 70% of
their volume, but be much more moist than sun dried tomatoes.  Lonny's
simple technique with fresh tomatoes is revolutionary! Use  these
anywhere you might use sun dried tomatoes.  Source: Barbara Williams,
Coasting & Cooking Bk #4 -- Washington &  Oregon, 1997.
ISBN:0-9609950-2-1  Typed and MC_Busted for you by Brenda Adams
<adamsfmle@sprintmail.com>  Recipe by: Lonny's, Port Townsend, Wash.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1025 Calories From Fat: 960 Total Fat: 108.6g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 309mg Potassium: 189mg Carbohydrates: 14.2g Fiber: 2.8g Sugar: 7.3g Protein: 1.6g