God does not commit evil, but He ordains that it exists. The prophet Isaiah recorded, “I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things” (Isaiah 45:7). Evil exists by God’s permission and through the foreordained choice of those whom He created. Otherwise, we’d end up with a separate power that causes evil, in which case God would no longer be sovereign. However, evil is not a glitch in God’s plan but rather an integral piece of God’s plan!

Steve Swartz

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Cajun	Cajun, Salads, Spicy	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Red wine vinegar
2	tb	Olive oil
1	ts	Garlic powder
1	ts	Cayenne pepper
1/2	ts	Dried basil
1	ts	Dry mustard
1	ts	Black pepper
1/4	ts	File' powder; (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine vinegar, oil, cayenne pepper, basil, mustard, black pepper and
file' powder in a small bowl or cruet.
2. Mix well. Use as a dressing for your favorite salad.
Recipe by: More Cajun Cooking
Posted to recipelu-digest by RecipeLu <recipelu@geocities.com> on Feb 15,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God in His goodness and faithfulness has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually. It is a recognition that we are totally dependent upon Him; that all that we are and have comes from God. #Jerry Bridges”

God decreed from eternity past that you would be like Christ (Rom. 8:29-30); He put His Holy Spirit in you to make sure that it would happen (Phil. 2:12-13); Christ prayed for you to be sanctified, and His prayers are always answered (Jn. 17:17); He even promises you that He will lovingly discipline you in order to return you to holiness whenever you stray (Heb. 12:5-10). How could we ever doubt that God means what He says, “Without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Heb 12:14)?

Jim Elliff

If Christ is truly God, His claim to be the only way has to be taken seriously. If on the other hand, He is merely one more person in a pantheon of pretenders, His proclamations can easily be pushed aside. That is precisely why the resurrection is axiomatic to Christianity. Through the resurrection, Christ demonstrated that He does not stand in a line of peers with Buddha, Baha'u'llah, Krishna, or any founder of a world religion. They died and are still dead, but Christ is risen. Ultimately, resurrection and reincarnation are mutually exclusive because the former is a historical fact, while the latter is but a Hindu fantasy.

Hank Hanegraaff