Name: Southwestern Bean Soup
Ingredients: 1 tb Olive oil; 1/3 c Apple juice; 2/3 c Onions; sliced; 1/2 c Diced red potatoes; 1/3 c Chopped carrots; 1 c Kidney beans; canned, drained; 1/2 c Peeled mud diced winter squash; (such as acorn); 4 c Defatted stock; 2 sm Fresh jalapenos; halved, to taste; 1/2 c Orzo or broken spaghetti; 2 tb Tomato paste; 1 tb Prepared pesto

What is success in evangelism? Is it when the person you witness to comes to Christ? Certainly that’s what we want to happen. But if this is success, are we failures whenever we share the gospel and people refuse to believe? Was Jesus an “evangelistic failure” when people like the rich young ruler turned away from Him and His message? Obviously not. Then neither are we when we present Christ and His message and they turn away in unbelief. We need to learn that sharing the gospel is successful evangelism. We ought to have an obsession for souls, and tearfully plead with God to see more people converted, but conversions are fruit that God alone can give. In this regard we are like the postal service. Success is measured by the careful and accurate delivery of the message, not by the response of the recipient. Whenever we share the gospel (which includes the summons to repent and believe), we have succeeded. In the truest sense, all biblical evangelism is successful evangelism, regardless of the results.

Donald S. Whitney

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Dutch	Beans and l, Pasta, Couscous, Etc., Soups & ste	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	tb	Olive oil
1/3	c	Apple juice
2/3	c	Onions; sliced
1/2	c	Diced red potatoes
1/3	c	Chopped carrots
1	c	Kidney beans; canned, drained
1/2	c	Peeled mud diced winter squash; (such as acorn)
4	c	Defatted stock
2	sm	Fresh jalapenos; halved, to taste
1/2	c	Orzo or broken spaghetti
2	tb	Tomato paste
1	tb	Prepared pesto

INSTRUCTIONS

In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat oil and juice, then stir in
onions. Cook slowly without browning for 5 minutes, then add potatoes,
carrots, kidney beans, green beans and squash. Cook, stirring, for 2
minutes, then add stock, jalapenos, orzo and tomato paste. Bring to a boil.
Lower heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
Before serving, stir in pesto. Serves 4-6.
Each serving contains approximately 2 breed/starch exch., I fat exch.; 160
calories, 27gm. carbohydrate, 6gm, protein, 4gm. fat (including 1 gm. sat
fat), 210 mg. sodium, 45 mg. calcium and 4 gm. dietary fiber.
Recipe by: Mary Carroll's Healthful Cooking, Star Tribune 1/14/98
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Kathleen <schuller@ix.netcom.com> on Apr 12,
1998

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