[What about the books in the Apocrypha?] There are no marks in these books which would attest a divine origin…both Judith and Tobit contain historical, chronological and geographical errors. The books justify falsehood and deception and make salvation to depend upon works of merit… Ecclesiasticus and the Wisdom of Solomon inculcate a morality based upon expediency. Wisdom teaches the creation of the world out of pre-existent matter (Wisd. 11.17). Ecclesiasticus teaches that the giving of alms makes atonement for sin (Ecc. 3.30). In Baruch it is said that God hears the prayers of the dead (Bar. 3.4), and in I Maccabees there are historical and geographical errors.

E.J. Young

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Cheesecakes	30	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	GRAHAM CRACKERS, crushed
1	c	ALMONDS, chopped
1/3	c	SUGAR
6	tb	BUTTER, melted
		Mix and pat into bottom and sides of 10" springform pan.
		CAKE
2	lb	CREAM CHEESE, unwrapped and warmed in
		Microwave 2 minutes on high.
1	c	SUGAR
5		JUMBO EGGS, out of shells and warmed in
		Microwave 25 seconds.
1/2	c	HEAVY CREAM
1/4	c	CORNSTARCH
1	ts	ALMOND EXTRACT

INSTRUCTIONS

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A Message from our Provider:

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.#Abraham Lincoln”

All the afflictions of God’s people are designed, under His gracious management – to test, to make manifest, and to exercise, those graces and virtues which He has implanted in them. Though afflictions in themselves are not joyous but grievous, nevertheless they yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness in those who are exercised thereby. Afflictions serve to quicken the spirit of devotion in us; and to rouse us from that formality and indifference which frequently attend a long course of ease and prosperity. We are constrained to seek God with sincerity and fervor, when His chastening hand is upon us, since we then feel our absolute need of that help and deliverance, which He alone can give us.

John Fawcett