Regeneration means that one has been born again or born from above (Jn. 3:3, 5, 7, 8). The new birth is the work of God, so that all those who are born again are “born of the Spirit” (Jn. 3:8). Or, as 1 Pet 1:3 says, it is God who “caused us to be born again to a living hope” (1 Pet 1:3). The means God uses to grant such new life is the gospel, for believers “have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Pet. 1:23; cf. Jas. 1:18). Regeneration or being born again is a supernatural birth. Just as we cannot do anything to be born physically – it just happens to us! – so too we cannot do anything to cause our spiritual rebirth.

Thomas Schreiner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Chicago	Cookies, Holiday	48	Cookies

INGREDIENTS

4	c	All-purpose flour
1	c	Light brown sugar, packed
1	lb	Unsalted butter; softened

INSTRUCTIONS

The 2nd place winner in the Chicago Tribune's 1996 Annual Holiday Cookie
Contest, a simple brown-sugar shortbread from Sandra Petrille of
Naperville, Illinois.
1. Heat oven to 325'F. Beat all ingredients in large bowl of electric mixer
on medium-high speed until smooth, about 4 minutes.
2. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll out 1 piece of dough at a time on
lightly floured surface to 1/16- to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out dough with
cookie cutters.
3. Bake cookies on ungreased baking sheet until pale brown and slightly
firm to the touch, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to cooling rack. Decorate as
desired.
Source: Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1996
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339
From: Linda Place <placel@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 04:11:46 +0000

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