Those who are truly sent by God...are marked by the fact that they are faithful to the message of the Gospel, exalting the Lord Jesus Christ, proclaiming to men the good news of salvation through Him, and bidding men to turn from their sins and come to Christ as Savior and Lord. They back all of their proclamations by the authority of the Bible, the Word of God, and they call Christians to lives of holiness while they themselves are living examples of holiness. Unless a man is divinely sent to preach the Word, his ministry will be ineffective to produce faith and life in those to whom he ministers. God must do the sending. I always tell young men who ask me about entering the ministry that they should never become ministers if they can possibly help it. If a man could be satisfied as president of the United States, as president of a bank or a college, as a pitcher for a big-league ball team, or in another position of honor or distinction, he has not been called to the ministry. God has not sent him. When God sends a man there is a yearning, churning, burning inside him. Like Paul he must cry, “Woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16). This must be the heart feeling of everyone who has been sent with the Gospel.

Donald Grey Barnhouse

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Ground white pepper
1	ts	Ground cinnamon
1/2	ts	Ground cardamom
1/2	ts	Ground ginger
3/4	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Butter or margarine; softened
1 1/4	c	Packed brown sugar
2		Eggs
3/4	c	Finely chopped almonds;, (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

These nut-sized cookies are spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, and
pepper. They are called Pepperkaker, in Norway.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. =A02 Combine dry ingredients and set aside.
=A03 In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light. Add
eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. =A04 Stir in dry
ingredients 1/2 cup at a time. Add almonds, if desired. =A05 Roll into one
inch balls and arrange 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 11 to
14 minutes. =A06 Cool and store in airtight containers for 3 days to mellow
flavors. Makes 16 dozen
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #449 by Shelley Sparks
<ssparks@mailbox.arn.net> on Dec 11, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“People are funny, they want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.”

Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the Enemy’s ground. I know we have won many a soul through pleasure. All the same, it is His invention, not ours. He made the pleasures; all our research so far has not enabled us to produce one. All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden. Hence we always try to work away from the natural condition of any pleasure to that in which it is least natural, least redolent of its Maker, and least pleasurable. An ever increasing craving for an ever diminishing pleasure is the formula.

C.S. Lewis