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Picking up any of a number of recent works on the NT canon, one is likely to find the author seeking the roots of the NT canon somewhere in the needs of the early church. One says it was the battle against heresy that prompted the church to find some authoritative texts on which to take its stand. Another points to the catechetical and liturgical need for new scriptures to nourish the spiritual life of the church. Another looks to Constantine the Great’s campaign to unify the empire, which allegedly required an agreed-upon set of scriptures as an essential tool to promote concord. These all, and more, may have played limited roles in bringing about the church’s agreement on the contents of the NT. But the ultimate foundations for the existence of a NT canon must be sought not in any of these historical exigencies, but in the gracious purpose of a self-revealing God whose word carries His own divine authority.

Charles Hill

God is able to work with or without human means. Though He most often uses them, He is not dependent upon them. Furthermore, He will frequently use some means altogether different from that which we would have expected. Sometimes our prayers for deliverance from some particular strait are accompanied by faith to the extent we can foresee some predictable means of deliverance. But God is not dependent upon means that we can foresee. In fact, it seems from experience that God delights to surprise us by His ways of deliverance to remind us that our trust must be in Him and Him alone.

Jerry Bridges

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Microwave Creamy Fudge

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains		Candies, Microwave, Chocolate	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Sugar
12	oz	Evaporated milk
1/4	c	Butter or margarine
2	c	Miniature marshmallows
12	oz	Chocolate chips (2 cups)
1	ts	Vanilla
1	c	Chopped nuts (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix sugar, milk, butter and a dash of salt in a 3 quart microwave safe
bowl.  Cover loosely with wax paper. Microcook on high 4 minutes.
Uncover, Microcook 10 minutes more, stirring every 3 minutes.
Continue cooking, stirring every 2 minutes, until candy thermometer reads
234 to 240 degrees. (soft ball stage). Stir in marshmallows and chocolate
chips and nuts if using. Stir vigorously until creamy and slightly glossy.
Spread in a buttered 11x7 pan.  Refrigerate 2 hours or until set.
From the recipe files of Sheila Exner - September 1991
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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