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Our self-abnegation is thus not for our own sake but for the sake of others. And thus it is not to mere self-denial that Christ calls us but specifically to self-sacrifice, not to unselfing ourselves but to unselfishing ourselves. Self-denial for its own sake is in its very nature ascetic, monkish. It concentrates our whole attention on self—self-knowledge, self-control - and can therefore eventuate in nothing other than the very apotheosis of selfishness. At best it succeeds only in subjecting the outer self to the inner self or the lower self to the higher self, and only the more surely falls into the slough of self-seeking, that it partially conceals the selfishness of its goal by refining its ideal of self and excluding its grosser and more outward elements. Self-denial, then, drives to the cloister, narrows and contracts the soul, murders within us all innocent desires, dries up all the springs of sympathy, and nurses and coddles our self-importance until we grow so great in our own esteem as to be careless of the trials and sufferings, the joys and aspirations, the strivings and failures and successes of our fellow-men. Self-denial, thus understood, will make us cold, hard, unsympathetic—proud, arrogant, self-esteeming—fanatical, overbearing, cruel. It may make monks and Stoics, it cannot make Christians.

B.B. Warfield

We Love God!

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

No-Cook Tomato Sauce

January 25, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		All newly t, Sauces grav	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Tomatoes; diced
2	c	Chopped fresh basil
1/2	c	Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
2	tb	Olive oil
2	tb	Grated Parmesan cheese
3/4	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Pepper
1	lb	Spaghetti

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, olive oil, Parmesan, salt and pepper
in large bowl.
Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in boiling salted water according to package
directions.
Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid. Add pasta and reserved
cooking liquid to tomato mixture; toss to coat. Serve immediately.
Recipe by: Unknown Cooking Magazine Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #684 by
L979@aol.com on Jul 21, 1997

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