By analogy God is to Christians as the sun is to the moon. As the sun is the exclusive source of light, so God is the sole source of glory; as the moon reflects light, so believers reflect God's glory. Because God's image in man was fractured by the fall, sinful humans refract God's glory more than they reflect it back to Him. But once believers begin to be transformed into the same image at the moment of salvation, they reflect more than they refract. Thus, God's glory is more and more returned to Him just as He transmitted it to his beloved ones. That's how Christians can give to God something that He alone possesses and shares with no one (Isa. 42:8; 48:11).

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Bread machi, Bread maili	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		1 pound
1	ts	Active dry yeast
3/4	c	Sourdough starter
1/4	c	Milk; or water
2	tb	Tomato paste
1	tb	Cooking oil
2	c	Bread flour; or all-purpose
1/2	c	Mozzarella cheese; shredded
1/3	c	Pepperoni sausage; finely chopped
2	ts	Sugar
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Dried oregano; crushed
		(double for fresh oregano)
		1 1/2 pound: active dry yeast 1 tsp.

INSTRUCTIONS

Sourdough starter                  1 1/4 cups milk or water 2 Tbs.
tomato paste                       3 Tbs.
cooking oil                        1 Tbs.
bread or all purpose flou          3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded 3/4
cup pepperoni, finely chopped 1/2 cup sugar 1 Tbs.
salt                               3/4 tsp.
dried oregano, crushed             3/4 tsp.
(double for fresh)
Add ingredients to machine according to manufacturers directions. Crust to
medium or lighter.
>From: Katie E Green <kgreen@u.washington.edu>
From: Bread-Bakers Archives: ftp.best.com/pub/reggie/archives/bread/recipe

A Message from our Provider:

“If God were an impersonal force we’d be superior to our Maker”

Penal substitution does not turn God into a cosmic child abuser. It does not reduce Christ to the passive victim of some divine injustice. It does not pit the Trinity against itself. No, in the God-forsakenness of Christ on the cross, the love of God and the justice of God are revealed on our behalf. United in purpose, Father and Son act in concert to save God’s people. The sinless Son of God bears our sin, and then God pours out the wrath that our sin deserves, and Jesus the Son endures it so that we, who deserve that wrath, might never encounter it. This is the gospel, the good news of the cross, and it calls us to forsake our sin, to turn away from it and embrace Christ, the forsaken one, so that we may not be forsaken.

Michael Lawrence