Pineapple Surprise! Better Than Anyone Could Imagine

I got a pineapple whole, which never quite worked before. Christina tried a special pineapple cutter, and I said, "Fingers will come off easier than that outside layer of armor." Cutting that one seemed unusually difficult, so we stuck with Dole.

This is - or was - a fresh pineapple, easily cut with a long, serrated Cutco knife. It seems our other Cutco tools disappeared some time ago. After I made cylinder slices, I looked up the "best way," which was laborious. "Don't eat the core." I just ate the core. I eat apple cores somewhat, depending on hunger.

I ended with four thick triangles per slice. Even with the core, the fruit was heavenly sweet and tasty. Doing everything backwards, I looked up the nutritional value of pineapple.

1. Loaded with nutrients

Pineapples are low in calories but boast an impressive nutrient profile. Just 1 cup (165 grams) of pineapple chunks contains the following nutrients (2Trusted Source):

• Calories: 83
• Fat: 1.7 grams
• Protein: 1 gram
• Carbs: 21.6 grams
• Fiber: 2.3 grams
• Vitamin C: 88% of the Daily Value (DV)
• Manganese: 109% of the DV
• Vitamin B6: 11% of the DV
• Copper: 20% of the DV
• Thiamine: 11% of the DV
• Folate: 7% of the DV
• Potassium: 4% of the DV
• Magnesium: 5% of the DV
• Niacin: 5% of the DV
• Pantothenic acid: 7% of the DV
• Riboflavin: 4% of the DV
• Iron: 3% of the DV

Pineapples also contain trace amounts of phosphorus, zinc, calcium, and vitamins A and K.

As you can see, this fruit is particularly rich in vitamin C and manganese. Vitamin C is essential for immune health, iron absorption, and growth and development, while manganese offers antioxidant properties and aids in growth and metabolism (3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source).

Antioxidants help prevent oxidation in your body, which may help ward off inflammation that can lead to cancer and other chronic diseases (5Trusted Source).

Pineapples also contain other micronutrients, such as copper, thiamine, and vitamin B6, which are essential for healthy metabolism (6Trusted Source, 7Trusted Source, 8Trusted Source).

SUMMARY

Pineapples are especially rich in vitamin C and manganese, as well as numerous other vitamins and minerals.

Facty says that pineapple helps dissolve mucous (in a friendly way), helping with coughs and stuffiness. Sure enough, I felt the impact soon after eating. 

This strikes me as funny because the meat-milk-fat-eggs group is relatively narrow in its nutritional benefits. But mixed greens, vegetables, fruits, and nuts provide 

1. a wealth of vitamins and minerals, 
2. an abundance of protein and trace elements, 
3. a treasury of phytochemicals. 

Those benefits are overlooked in favor of the Standard American Diet - basic vitamins, protein, sugar, fat, corn syrup, and high glycemic food (like popcorn with sugar, white bread, fast food, and rice).

 Wiki - the last word about everything - on chickpeas.

1. Packed with nutrients

Chickpeas boast an impressive nutritional profile.

They contain a moderate number of calories, providing 269 per cup (164 grams). Approximately 67% of these calories come from carbs, while the rest comes from protein and fat (1Trusted Source).

Chickpeas also provide a variety of vitamins and minerals, as well as a decent amount of fiber and protein. A 1-cup (164-gram) serving of cooked chickpeas offers (1Trusted Source):

• Calories: 269
• Protein: 14.5 grams
• Fat: 4 grams
• Carbs: 45 grams
• Fiber: 12.5 grams
• Manganese: 74% of the Daily Value (DV)
• Folate (vitamin B9): 71% of the DV
• Copper: 64% of the DV
• Iron: 26% of the DV
• Zinc: 23% of the DV
• Phosphorus: 22% of the DV
• Magnesium: 19% of the DV
• Thiamine: 16% of the DV
• Vitamin B6: 13% of the DV
• Selenium: 11% of the DV
• Potassium: 10% of the DV

As you can see, this legume is a particularly good source of the mineral manganese and the B vitamin folate.

SUMMARY

Chickpeas contain a moderate amount of calories and several vitamins and minerals. They’re also a good source of fiber and protein.

 

2. May keep you feeling full

The protein and fiber in chickpeas may help keep your appetite under control.

Protein and fiber work together to slow digestion, which helps promote fullness. In addition, protein may increase levels of appetite-reducing hormones in your body (2Trusted Source, 3, 4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source).

In fact, the filling effects of the protein and fiber in chickpeas may automatically lower your calorie intake (6Trusted Source, 7Trusted Source).

One study compared appetite and calorie intake among 12 women who ate two separate meals (8Trusted Source).

Before one of the meals, they ate 1.25 cups (200 grams) of chickpeas, then 2 slices of white bread before the other meal. They experienced a significant reduction in appetite and calorie intake after the chickpea meal, compared with the white bread meal (8Trusted Source).

Another small study found that those who ate pretzels and chickpea-based hummus for an afternoon snack experienced a 70% reduction in appetite and a 30% increase in fullness (9Trusted Source).

All the same, more research is needed on chickpeas and appetite control.

SUMMARY

Chickpeas are high in protein and fiber, which may keep you feeling full and reduce your calorie intake at meals.

Though scholars are divided and there are many grey areas of nutrition, anyone can look up the beneficial effects of each food, which is a lot of fun.

Going to the freezer section and canned beans at Walmart is an adventure. I get unusual frozen vegetables because a mistake can be mixed in with the favorites in the sauce pan:

1. Roots (not the novel)
2. Asparagus
3. Green peppers and onions sliced
4. Sliced green beans
5. Lima beans
6. Peas
7. Stir fry combo
8. Sweet potatoes
9. Brussels sprouts
10. Mixed vegetables
11. Tomato paste for the lutein and flavor

I stopped buying soup as the starter because of cost and salt. I use V-8 low salt but I doubt whether it contributes much, unlike Tobasco.

When the stomach feels hollow, beans with spinach are good for many reasons. Flavored beans seem much saltier. Garbanzos (chickpeas) seem to be low salt and are easily mixed with other beans or vegetables. 

One objection to processed foods, like pork and beans, is the cost. But the other objection is the sugar and salt added.

Hymn - The Will of God Is Always Best - New Graphic

"The Will of God Is Always Best"
by Albrecht von Brandenburg, 1522-1557

Tune: "Was mein Gott will" - linked here

1. The will of God is always best
And shall be done forever;
And they who trust in Him are blest,
He will forsake them never.
He helps indeed In time of need,
He chastens with forbearing;
They who depend On God, their Friend,
Shall not be left despairing.

2. God is my Comfort and my Trust,
My Hope and life abiding;
And to His counsel wise and just,
I yield in Him confiding.
The very hairs, His Word declares,
Upon my head He numbers.
By night and day God is my Stay,
He never sleeps nor slumbers.

3. Lord Jesus, this I ask of Thee,
Deny me not this favor:
When Satan sorely troubles me,
Then do not let me waver.
Keep watch and ward, O gracious Lord,
Fulfil Thy faithful saying:
Who doth believe He shall receive
An answer to His praying.

4. When life's brief course on earth is run
And I this world am leaving,
Grant me to say: "Thy will be done."
By faith to Thee still cleaving.
My heavenly Friend, I now commend
My soul into Thy keeping,
O'er sin and hell, And death as well,
Through Thee the victory reaping.

Hymn #517
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Matthew 6:10
Author: Albrecht von Brandenburg, c. 1554, asc.
Translated by: composite
Titled: "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit"
Harmony by: Johann S. Bach, 1750
Tune: "Was mein Gott will"

Albrecht Duerer

Hymn - In Peace and Joy I Now Depart

"In Peace and Joy I Now Depart"
by Martin Luther, 1483-1546

Tune - Mit Fried' und Freud' - linked here

1. In peace and joy I now depart
At God's disposing;
For full of comfort is my heart,
Soft reposing.
So the Lord hath promised me,
And death is but a slumber.

2. 'Tis Christ that wrought this work for me,
My faithful Savior,
Whom Thou hast made mine eyes to see
By Thy favor.
Now I know He is my Life,
My Help in need and dying.

3. Him Thou hast unto all set forth
Their great Salvation
And to His kingdom called the earth,
Every nation,
By Thy dear and wholesome Word,
In every place resounding.

4. He is the Hope and saving Light
Of lands benighted;
By Him are they who dwelt in night
Fed and lighted.
He is Israel's Praise and Bliss,
Their Joy, Reward, and Glory.

The Lutheran Hymnal
Hymn 137
Text: Luke 2:29-32
Author: Martin Luther, 1524
Titled: Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin
Translated by: Leonard W. Bacon, 1884, alt.
Tune: Mit Fried' und Freud'
1st appeared in: Geistliches Gesangbuchlein
Wittenberg, 1524

Hymn - I AM Jesus' Little Lamb

"I Am Jesus' Little Lamb"
by Henrietta L. von Hayn, 1724-1782

Tune - Weil ich Jesu Schaeflein bin - linked here

1. I am Jesus' little lamb,
Ever glad at heart I am;
For my Shepherd gently guides me,
Knows my need, and well provides me,
Loves me every day the same,
Even calls me by my name.

2. Day by day, at home, away,
Jesus is my Staff and Stay.
When I hunger, Jesus feeds me,
Into pleasant pastures leads me;
When I thirst, He bids me go
Where the quiet waters flow.

3. Who so happy as I am,
Even now the Shepherd's lamb?
And when my short life is ended,
By His angel host attended,
He shall fold me to His breast,
There within His arms to rest.

Hymn #648
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: John 21:15
Author: Henriette L. von Hayn, 1778
Translated by: composite
Titled: "Weil ich Jesu Schaeflein bin"
1st Published in: Brueder Choral-Buch, 1784
Tune: "Weil ich Jesu Schaeflein bin"

Hymn - Christ Whose Glory Fills the Sky

"Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies"
by Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

Tune - Ratisborn - linked here

1. Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Thou, the true, the only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night.
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.

2. Dark and cheerless is the morn
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return
Till Thy mercy's beams I see,
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

3. Visit, then, this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Radiancy Divine,
Scatter all my unbelief.
More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

Hymn #359
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Luke 1:78
Author: Charles Wesley, 1740
Tune: "Ratisbon"
1st Published in: Saechsisches Choralbuch
Town: Leipzig, 1815

Hymn - All Men Living Are But Mortal

"All Men Living Are But Mortal"
by Johann G. Albinus, 1624-1679
Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878; Stanzas 1-4, 6, 7

Tune - Alle Menschen muessen sterben - linked here

1. All men Iiving are but mortal,
Yea, all flesh must fade as grass;
Only through death's gloomy portal
To eternal Iife we pass.
This frail body here must perish
Ere the heavenly joys it cherish,
Ere it gain the free reward
For the ransomed of the Lord.

2. Therefore, when my God doth choose it,
Willingly I'll yield my Iife
Nor will grieve that I should lose it,
For with sorrows it was rife.
In my dear Redeemer's merit
Peace hath found my troubled spirit,
And in death my comfort this:
Jesus' death my source of bliss.

3. Jesus for my sake desended
My salvation to obtain:
Death and hell for me are ended,
Peace and hope are now my gain;
Yea' with joy I leave earth's sadness
For the home of heavenly gladness,
Where I shall forever see
God, the Holy Trinity.

4. There is joy beyond our telling,
Where so many saints have gone;
Thousands, thousands, there are dwelling,
Worshiping before the throne,
There the Seraphim are shining,
Evermore in chorus joining:
"Holy, holy, holy, Lord!
Triune God, for aye adored!"

5. Patriarchs of sacred story
And the prophets there are found;
The apostles, too, in glory
On twelve seats are there enthroned
All the saints that have ascended
Age on age, through time extended,
There in blissful concert sing
Hallelujahs to their King.

6. O Jerusalem, how glorious
Dost thou shine, thou city fair!
Lo, I hear the tones victorious
Ever sweetly sounding there.
Oh, the bliss that there surprises!
Lo, the sun of morn now rises,
And the breaking day I see
That shall never end for me.

7. Yea, I see what here was told me,
See that wondrous glory shine,
Feel the spotless robes enfold me,
Know a golden crown is mine.
Thus before the throne so glorious
Now I stand a soul victorious,
Gazing on that joy for aye
That shall never pass away.

Hymn #601
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Isaiah 40:6
Author: Johann G. Albinus, 1652
Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1863, alt.
Titled: "Alle Menschen muessen sterben"
Tune: "Alle Menschen muessen sterben"
1st Published in: Praxis Pietatis Melica
Town: Berlin, 1678

Grumpy But Not Clear Why

Mike Bennett

I did not recognize the acronym UOJ, so I googled it and found nothing helpful. So I googled UOJ theology, and the first entry was a 10-year old blog posting whose first paragraph mentioned “the egocentric synergist Greg Jackson.” I figured I’d found the UOJ I was looking for! 😳

The article not cited is this - 

Pastor M.F. Bartling explains the history behind the UOJ controversy at his blog.

Quote:
"What Paul Rydecki (also the egocentric synergist Greg Jackson) is teaching on justification is nothing new to the Lutheran Church and something which Confessional Lutherans have always rejected.

The position that Rydecki is promoting has its origin back in Melanchthon’s teachings on the three causes of conversion — the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and the will of man. In the discussions in the 50s between the old American Lutheran Church and the LCMS concerning justification, the ALC wanted to teach that God had secured and provided salvation for all people. This is objective or universal redemption, not objective justification. The LCMS along with the WELS insisted on the words, that God has not only secured and provided salvation for all, but that God has declared the whole world righteous in Christ Jesus. This they called objective Justification. (A term that is preferred over universal justification, which can cause some misunderstandings.) By only saying “secured and provided salvation” the door is open for some cooperation or contributions on the part on man. Good, God has provided it, how do I get it? But by insisting on the term God has DECLARED the whole world righteous, all works or cooperation on man’s part are removed.

The men in the ALC, from the old Ohio Synod, wanted to teach “Erst muss der Mensch glauben, dann wird er gerechtfertigt (first must the man believe, then he becomes justified). This old error taught that first one must believe that Christ died for all, then he will be justified. This puts the cart before the horse, my faith before my justification. Against this old heresy Walther and others maintained the formula – Justificatio non post fidem, sed per fidem (Justification not after faith, but through faith). This is the position of Lutheran Orthodoxy. Today we use the term objective justification to teach this truth. God has declared the whole world righteous in Christ Jesus (God so loved the world, John 3:16; The Lutheran church sings, “Christ thou Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on me.”)

Of course now, the other side, the Holy Spirit working through the means of Grace must now change the hard and disobedient will of man which is dead in sin and an enemy of God. The Holy Spirit moves the will of man to accept and believe this objective justification. This we call subjective justification. The two must go together; — and you can’t have one without the other!!! If one rejects the objective, universal justification, he cannot be saved. He is lost. We do not believe in universalism, everyone is going to heaven.

The Bible connects universal redemption and universal, objective, justification and treats them as the same. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:5-7. Christ died for all. This Rydecki does not reject. But in the same book, a chapter earlier, Paul writes, But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, Romans 4:4-6

God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many (i.e., all) were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many (i.e., all) will be made righteous. (Rom 5:18,19)

The Lutheran Confessions, although not using the term objective justification, teach this concept.

But when the Lord Jesus Christ came, He forgave to all people the sin, which no one could avoid. … Christ took away the sin of the whole world, as John testified saying in John 1:29, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Apology, Art IV, Justification, 103 Concordia, page 99

Just as the preaching of repentance is universal, so also the promise of the Gospel is universal, that is, it belongs to all people. Formula of Concord, Art XI, 28, Concordia, p. 606

All have sinned and (all) are justified freely. Smalcald Articles, second part, Art. I,3, Concordia, page 263.

By way of illustration: A man pays my entire debt, gives me a check, and declares me debt free. But I must believe this, cash the check. It does me no good until I cash it. But I cannot cash it before he declares me debt free.

This clear teaching that God has declared all people righteous, Objective Justification (WELS catechism, question 253) Rydecki refuses to accept and teach. Thus he is rightly to be removed from the ministry of the WELS!

Pastor M.F. Bartling

Onalaska, WI, Oct. 2012"

 This little DP (Werner) went to the Big House,
"NOT GUILTY" says Valleskey.

***

GJ - If Mike Bennett is a real person, he has a very shallow Facebook page with almost no history. What point is he trying to make? His ad hominem is borrowed, yet he brings this up in a response to a book in favor of the KJV.

Does any OJist or UOJist or General Justificationist or Universalist actually comprehend Romans 4 and quote it verse by verse? 

I am sure Mike's Father Below is angry with him for being so foolish and timid on Facebook.

Hymn Discovery - The Will of God Is Always Best

Albrecht Duerer

"The Will of God Is Always Best"
by Albrecht von Brandenburg, 1522-1557

Tune: "Was mein Gott will" - linked here

1. The will of God is always best
And shall be done forever;
And they who trust in Him are blest,
He will forsake them never.
He helps indeed In time of need,
He chastens with forbearing;
They who depend On God, their Friend,
Shall not be left despairing.

2. God is my Comfort and my Trust,
My Hope and life abiding;
And to His counsel wise and just,
I yield in Him confiding.
The very hairs, His Word declares,
Upon my head He numbers.
By night and day God is my Stay,
He never sleeps nor slumbers.

3. Lord Jesus, this I ask of Thee,
Deny me not this favor:
When Satan sorely troubles me,
Then do not let me waver.
Keep watch and ward, O gracious Lord,
Fulfil Thy faithful saying:
Who doth believe He shall receive
An answer to His praying.

4. When life's brief course on earth is run
And I this world am leaving,
Grant me to say: "Thy will be done."
By faith to Thee still cleaving.
My heavenly Friend, I now commend
My soul into Thy keeping,
O'er sin and hell, And death as well,
Through Thee the victory reaping.

Hymn #517
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Matthew 6:10
Author: Albrecht von Brandenburg, c. 1554, asc.
Translated by: composite
Titled: "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit"
Harmony by: Johann S. Bach, 1750
Tune: "Was mein Gott will"

The Military Gardening Group - And Sassy

I found a plant that grows, flowers, and multiplies, until it gets a bit cold. Hidden Lily grew, flowered, spread, and disappeared.

The Military Gardening Group worked on a Ford truck. Sassy came along to keep track of everyone and to guard the operation. She always picks the best lookout position and watches everything. I was in a good spot to watch her paying attention to everything up and down and across the street. 

My truck repair skills are limited to feeding the crew, which also includes Sassy. She is content until she can smell chicken warming up. When it is out of the oven, she does the starving puppy routine to perfection.

On a perfect day in the afternoon, we sit on the porch drinking pour-over coffee and commenting on the garden, flights overhead, and political topics. I do not believe anything on the news, so I am relatively quiet about the fake reporting. 

The summer will provide a parade of flowers, humming birds, and rabbits to entertain us. Hawks overhead screech to stir up some grub for themselves. Once Sassy and I walked under a pair of red-tailed hawks sharing some. They looked at us like we were dessert. Another time a hawk stared me down at Almost Eden, the former gardening operation next door. We must have a sizeable rabbit population to keep hawks active here. The hawks do not control the rabbit population, the rabbit population limits the numbers of hawks. One hawk landed on our garbage barrel and gave me the raptor stink-eye. Birds were eerily silent for a time after that.

We started a major garden facelift not long ago. The spirea bushes and mountain mint were aggressive growers and not charming. Roses-gone-wild will be the next to go - after they show their wild rose flowers blooming after the producing canes have died.

 This is one of the best gardening books ever, the best bug book ever.