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The dead body of Jesus could not be found. There are four possible ways to account for this. 1. His foes stole the body. If they did (and they never claimed to have done so), they surely would have produced the body to stop the successful spread of the Christian faith in the very city where the crucifixion occurred. But they could not produce it. 2. His friends stole the body. This was an early rumor (Matthew 28:11-15). Is it probable? Could they have overcome the guards at the tomb? More important, would they have begun to preach with such authority that Jesus was raised, knowing that he was not? Would they have risked their lives and accepted beatings for something they knew was a fraud? 3. Jesus was not dead, but only unconscious when they laid him in the tomb. He awoke, removed the stone, overcame the soldiers, and vanished from history after a few meetings with his disciples in which he convinced them he was risen from the dead. Even the foes of Jesus did not try this line. He was obviously dead. The Romans saw to that. The stone could not be moved by one man from within who had just been stabbed in the side by a spear and spent six hours nailed to a cross. 4. God raised Jesus from the dead. This is what He said would happen. It is what the disciples said did happen. But as long as there is a remote possibility of explaining the resurrection naturalistically, modern people say we should not jump to a supernatural explanation. Is this reasonable? I don’t think so. Of course, we don’t want to be gullible. But neither do we want to reject the truth just because it’s strange.

John Piper

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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

White Onion Soup

January 25, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats, Dairy	Irish	Soups, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Butter
1	lb	Onions, thinly sliced
2		Cloves
2	tb	Flour (heaping)
1	pn	Powdered mace or nutmeg
1		Bay leaf
1	l	Chicken or pork stock
300	ml	Milk
1		Salt and pepper
150	ml	Cream
2	tb	Grated cheese (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the butter, and when foaming add the onions and cloves. Let the
onions soften, but not color at all.  Sprinkle over the flour, mix well
and cook, stirring, for about 1 minute;  then add the nutmeg, the bay leaf
and the stock.  Stir all the time until it boils, and see that it is
smooth.  Simmer until the onions are cooked, then gradually add the milk,
stirring, and when that boils lift out the cloves and bay leaf. 
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It can now be liquidized, or served as is with the cream added, and a
sprinkling of grated cheese.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/irish.zip

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