Triple-berry Vinegar – We Love God!

Some will say we need to add “good works” to Christ’s work to be saved. Others will say since we are saved by God’s grace and because all of our sins are already forgiven in Christ we can live as we wish. So, the first says following God’s law is necessary to be saved. The other says following God’s law is unnecessary once saved. Both are terribly wrong! We are saved by grace alone, but the grace that saves is never alone. God’s grace will always give us the desire and ability to follow God. The greatest evidence that we are recipients of God’s grace will be seen through our obedience – not to get saved or stay saved, but proof that we truly are already saved.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Condiments, Cooking lig, Gifts, Vinegars	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Fresh blueberries
1/4	c	Fresh raspberries
1/4	c	Frozen cranberries thawed
8		Sage leaves
1	c	White wine vinegar
3		Cloves, whole
2		Cinnamon sticks, 3-in long
1	T	Sugar
8		Black peppercorns
5		Fresh blueberries
5		Fresh raspberries
5		Frozen cranberries
4		Sage leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine first 4 ingredients in a nonaluminum bowl. Crush with a spoon.
Place berry mixture, vinegar, cloves, and cinnamon in a widemouthed
jar; cover and let stand 2 weeks in a cool, dark place, gently  shaking
jar occasionally. Strain the vinegar mixture through a sieved  lined
with cheesecloth nto a glass measure or medium bowl, and  discard
solids. Pour straincd vinegar into a small nonaluminum  saucepan, and
add Sugar. Cook 5 minutes over low heat or until sugar  dissolves;
cool. Pour into a decorative bottle; add peppercorns and  remaining
ingredients. Seal with a cork or other airtight lid.  ~(Edited by Pat
Hanneman 10/01/98)-  Notes: Recipe from "Cooking Class: The Good
Stuff," recipes by Dave  DiResta and Joanne Foran, authors of The Best
50 Flavored Oils and  Vinegars. Use this vinegar as a marinade. Brush
it over fish or  chicken before grilling. Or add a splash to fruit
juice or carbonated  water.  Recipe by: Cooking Light Sep98  Posted to
EAT-LF Digest by Pat Hanneman <kitpath@earthlink.net> on  Oct 01, 1998,
converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 863 Calories From Fat: 591 Total Fat: 66.7g Cholesterol: 271.8mg Sodium: 2296.1mg Potassium: 36.9mg Carbohydrates: 18g Fiber: 1.2g Sugar: 2.5g Protein: 51.5g

One of the great lessons of church history is that God has used theological controversy to corporately sanctify His church as each Christian “contends earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). Many crucial doctrines have been clarified and purified through respectful debate in the hermeneutical context of the universal church. Indeed, this is the very reason why God allowed controversy in the church at Corinth: “For there must also be factions (opinions) among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you” (1 Cor. 11:19). Yet to avoid the disunity of the Corinthian church, we must handle our opinions with abundant humility and grace.

John Thompson