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

Surely Paul could have made the gospel more palatable – and less dangerous – by saying it was about something else. Something cleaner and less ridiculous than the cross. Something more glorious. Less disgusting. He didn’t do that, though. “I decided,” Paul said, “to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). In the face of the worst cultural prejudice imaginable, he fixed the entire gospel squarely and immovably on the fact that Jesus was tacked to a stauros and left to die. If he had been trying to find a surefire way to turn first-century people off from his “good news,” he couldn’t have done better than that! So why did he do it? It’s simple. He did it because he knew that leaving the cross out, or running past it with a glance, or making it peripheral to the gospel, or allowing anything else to displace it at the center of the gospel would make it, finally, no gospel at all.

Greg Gilbert

To cast God away for the temporary trinkets of this life, as if He were a secondhand piece of jewelry, is deeply dishonoring to the sovereign character of the Creator, who Himself alone can satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts (Psm. 16). At the center of our sin is our nonchalant neglect of God, as if we were the creators and rulers of our own lives, doing with them as we please. In short, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). Our failure to honor God is an intolerable situation for the Creator and Savior of mankind, who will not share the rightful glory of His sovereignty with anyone or anything else (Ex. 9:16).

Scott Hafemann

We Love God!

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

Mojito

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Beverages, Alcohol	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	oz	Freshly squeezed lime juice
1	ts	Superfine sugar
4		Fresh pepperminy leaves
2	oz	White rum
2	ds	Angostura bitters
		Ice cubes
		Club soda

INSTRUCTIONS

Mojitos are a terrific drink. We spent a week in Cuba once and drinking
Mojitos was the best part of the week. The cervezas which came in
label-less brown bottles weren't bad either!!
Serves 1. Place the lime juice, sugar, and 2 of the spearmint leaves in a
chilled tall glass and mix them well, pressing down on the muddler to
bruise the mint. Add the rum, bitters and ice cubes. Top off with soda
water and garnish with the remaining mint leaves.
Posted to FOODWINE Digest 03 Jan 97
From:    Leslie Duncan <duncan@VIANET.ON.CA>
Date:    Fri, 3 Jan 1997 20:52:35 -0500

A Message from our Provider:

“We simply prepare ourselves. God fills us.”