Name: Spam Corn Chowder
Ingredients: 1 c Chopped onion; 1 tb Butter or margarine; 1 1/2 c Diced, peeled potatoes; 1/2 c Chopped green bell pepper; 2 cn Cream-style corn (17 oz); 2 c Milk; 1 cn SPAM Luncheon Meat, cubed (12 oz)

Mercy even with us is an optional virtue; we do not have to be merciful. We usually admire people who are, but we do not say that people must be so. We say everybody must be just. We say, for example, an employer, if he agrees to pay a certain wage, must pay that particular wage. If he does not pay it, then he is unjust and is liable to a lawsuit. All our contracts are based on the integrity and honesty and justice of people with whom we do business. They are actually subject to trials and imprisonment and even execution if they violate their duty of man to man. What about mercy among men? We love it. We admire it. We encourage it. We sometimes practice it. But we do not say mercy is obligatory… If this is true even of human affairs, we can see immediately that God does not have to be merciful. He gave us life and conscience. He gave us intelligence to meet our obligations, and He has a right to hold us responsible for using them. He has no further obligation to forgive us if we do not. We say that the Judge of all the earth cannot do wrong, but we cannot say that the Judge of all the earth must be merciful.

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Meats		Soups	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Chopped onion
1	tb	Butter or margarine
1 1/2	c	Diced, peeled potatoes
1/2	c	Chopped green bell pepper
2	cn	Cream-style corn (17 oz)
2	c	Milk
1	cn	SPAM Luncheon Meat, cubed (12 oz)

INSTRUCTIONS

in 3-quart saucepan, saute onion in butter over medium heat 5-10 minutes or
until golden. Add potatoes and green pepper. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Add
corn and milk. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until
potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in SPAM. Simmer 2 minutes.

A Message from our Provider:

“A thankful heart is one of the primary identifying characteristics of a believer. It stands in stark contrast to pride, selfishness, and worry. And it helps fortify the believer’s trust in the Lord and reliance of His provision, even in the toughest times. No matter how choppy the seas become, a believer’s heart is buoyed by constant praise and gratefulness to the Lord. #John MacArthur”

A sinner does not “decide” for Christ; the sinner “flies” to Christ in utter helplessness and despair saying – Foul, I to the fountain fly, Wash me, Saviour, or I die. No man truly comes to Christ unless he flies to Him as his only refuge and hope, his only way of escape from the accusations of conscience and the condemnation of God's holy law. Nothing else is satisfactory. If a man says that having thought about the matter and having considered all sides he has on the whole decided for Christ, and if he has done so without any emotion or feeling, I cannot regard him as a man who has been regenerated. The convicted sinner no more “decides” for Christ than the poor drowning man “decides” to take hold of that rope that is thrown to him and suddenly provides him with the only means of escape. The term is entirely inappropriate.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones