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God's holiness and righteous glory have been desecrated, defamed, and blasphemed by our sin. It is with a holy God that we have to do in our guilt! And there can be no justification, no reconciliation, no cleansing of our conscience, unless the holiness of God is honored and the defamation of His righteousness is repaired. The urgency of our problem with guilt is not that we feel miserable, but that God's name has been blasphemed. We live in a day with such a horrendously inflated view of human potential and such a miserably tiny view of God's holiness that we can scarcely understand what the real problem of guilt is. The real problem is not, 'How can God be loving and yet condemn people with such little sins?' The real problem is, 'How can God be righteous if He acquits such miserable sinners as we?' There can be no lasting remedy for guilt which does not deal with God's righteous indignation against sin. That's why there had to be a sacrifice. And not just any sacrifice, but the sacrifice of the Son of God! No one else, and no other act, could repair the defamation done to the glory of God by our sins. But when Jesus died for the glory of the Father, satisfaction was made. The glory was restored. Righteousness was demonstrated. Henceforth it is clear that when God, by grace, freely justifies the ungodly (Romans 4:5), He is not indifferent to the demands of justice. It is all based on the grand transaction between the Father and the Son on the morning of Good Friday at Calvary. No other gospel can take away our guilt because no other gospel corresponds to the cosmic proportions of our sin in relation to God.

John Piper

Do-ahead Sticky Buns

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Biscuits, Breads, Desserts	9	Rolls

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Packed brown sugar
1		Butterscotch regular pudding
		And pie filling 3 5/8
		oz
1/4	c	Margarine or butter melted
1	T	Milk
1/2	t	Ground cinnamon
1		Active dry yeast
3/4	c	Water water, 105Ã¸to115Ã¸
2 3/4	c	Bisquick baking mix
6500		t): No adjustments are necessary., t: No adjustments are necessary.

INSTRUCTIONS

MIX brown sugar, pudding (dry), margarine, milk and cinnamon. Dissolve
yeast in water water; stir in baking mix until soft dough forms. Turn
dough onto cloth-covered board dusted with baking mix. Knead until
smooth, about 20 times.  Sprinkle with additional baking mix (up to
1/4 cup) if dough is too sticky. Roll into rectangle, 15 X 9 inches.
SPREAD 3/4 of the reserved butterscotch mixture over dough. Roll up
tightly, beginning at 15-inch side. Pinch edge of dough into roll to
seal. Cut into 9 slices. Pour remaining butterscotch mixture into
square pan, 9 X 9 X 2 inches. Place rolls slightly apart on
butterscotch mixture. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hour. (To bake
immediately, cover and let rise in warm place until double, 25 to 30
minutes. Bake as directed below. REMOVE cover from pan of rolls.  Let
rise in warm place until double, 45 to 60 minutes. Heat oven to  375Ã¸.
Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Immediately invert  pan on
heat proof serving plate. Let pan remain a minute so  butterscotch
drizzles over rolls. High Altitude Directions (3500 to

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 169 Calories From Fat: 45 Total Fat: 5.1g Cholesterol: <1mg Sodium: 56.6mg Potassium: 90.3mg Carbohydrates: 30.7g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 11.9g Protein: <1g