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Why does today's Christian find the reading of great books always beyond him? Certainly intellectual powers do not wane from one generation to another. We are as smart as our fathers, and any thought they could entertain we can entertain if we are sufficiently interested to make the effort. The major cause of the decline in the quality of current Christian literature is not intellectual but spiritual. To enjoy a great religious book requires a degree of consecration to God and detachment from the world that few modern Christians have. The early Christian Fathers, the Mystics, the Puritans, are not hard to understand, but they inhabit the highlands where the air is crisp and rarefied, and none but the God-enamored can come.

A.W. Tozer

Unbeknownst to the people of Moses’ day (it was a ‘mystery’), marriage was designed by God from the beginning to be a picture or parable of the relationship between Christ and the church. Back when God was planning what marriage would be like, He planned it for this great purpose: it would give a beautiful earthly picture of the relationship that would someday come about between Christ and His church. This was not known to people for many generations, and that is why Paul can call it a ‘mystery.’ But now in the New Testament age Paul reveals this mystery, and it is amazing. This means that when Paul wanted to tell the Ephesians about marriage, he did not just hunt around for a helpful analogy and suddenly think that “Christ and the church” might be a good teaching illustration. No, it was much more fundamental than that: Paul saw that when God designed the original marriage, He already had Christ and the church in mind. This is one of God’s great purposes in marriage: to picture the relationship between Christ and His redeemed people forever! (George Knight)

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Strawberry-Pineapple Marmalade

January 24, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Condiments, Jams	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2	c	Pineapple, finely chopped, cored, pared, fresh
1	ts	Grated orange peel
2 1/2	c	Chopped orange pulp
7	c	Sugar
1 1/2	qt	Stemmed strawberries

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine pineapple, orange peel, pulp and sugar.  Bring slowly to boiling,
stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves. Cook rapidly 15 minutes. Add
strawberries and continue cooking rapidly until thick, about 20 to 30
minutes.  As mixture thickens, stir frequently to prevent sticking. Pour
hot, into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space (6mm). Adjust caps. Process
10 minutes in boiling water bath. Yield: about 6 half pints (1440 mL)
From: The Ball Blue Book Shared By: Pat Stockett
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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