Cinnamon-applesauce Muffins

We live in a post-vocational age. Without any theology of vocation we lapse into debilitating alternatives: fatalism (doing what is required by “the forces” and “the powers”); luck (which denies purposefulness in life and reduces our life to a bundle of accidents); karma (which ties performance to future rewards); nihilism (which denies that there is any good end to which the travail of history might lead); and, the most common alternative today, self-actualization (in which we invent the meaning and purpose of our lives, making us magicians). In contrast the biblical doctrine of vocation proposes that the whole of our lives finds meaning in relation to the sweet summons of a good God (Paul Stevens).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Vegetables, Eggs		Biscuits /, Muffins /, Scones	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Granulated sugar
1/2	t	Ground cinnamon
2	c	BisquickÂ® baking mix
3/4	c	Unsweetened applesauce
1/3	c	Packed brown sugar
1/3	c	Chopped nuts, if desired
3	T	Vegetable oil
1/2	t	Ground cinnamon
1/4	t	Ground nutmeg
1/4	t	Ground allspice
1		Egg
3	T	Butter or margarine, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 450F degrees.  Line 12 medium muffin cups, 2 1/2 X 1 1/4",
with paper baking cups.  Mix granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon
cinnamon; reserve.  Mix remaining ingredients except butter with fork
until moistened.  Divide batter among muffin cups.  Bake until golden
brown, 15-20 minutes. Immediately remove from muffin  cups. While warm,
dip tops into melted butter, then into  sugar-cinnamon mixture.  Recipe
by: Bisquick  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Pamela Creeden"
<creedenites@sprintmail.com> on May 13, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 132 Calories From Fat: 77 Total Fat: 8.8g Cholesterol: 23.1mg Sodium: 8.5mg Potassium: 54.9mg Carbohydrates: 12.9g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 11.7g Protein: 1.4g

Christian civility does not commit us to a relativistic perspective. Being civil doesn't mean that we cannot criticize what goes on around us. Civility doesn't require us to approve of what other people believe and do. It is one thing to insist that other people have the right to express their basic convictions; it is another thing to say that they are right in doing so. Civility requires us to live by the first of these principles. But it does not commit us to the second formula. To say that all beliefs and values deserve to be treated as if they were on a par is to endorse relativism – a perspective that is incompatible with Christian faith and practice. Christian civility does not mean refusing to make judgments about what is good and true. For one thing, it really isn’t possible to be completely nonjudgmental. Even telling someone else that she is being judgmental is a rather judgmental thing to do (Richard Mouw)!

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Praying over the Word...has the effect of shaping our minds and hearts, so that we desire what the Word encourages us to desire, and not just what we desire by nature. That is why the prayers of Bible-saturated people sound so differently. Most people, before their prayers are soaked in Scripture, simply bring their natural desires to God, In other words, they pray the way an unbeliever would pray who is convinced that God might give him what he wants: health, a better job, safe journeys, a prosperous portfolio, successful children, plenty of food, a happy marriage, a car that works, a comfortable retirement, etc. None of these is evil. They're just natural. You don't have to be born again to want any of these. Desiring them - even from God - is no evidence of saving faith. So if these are all you pray for, there is a deep problem. Your desires have not yet been changed to put the glory of Christ at the center.

John Piper