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The aesthetic experience of God, the encounter of the human soul with divine beauty, is more than merely enjoyable, it is profoundly transforming. There is within it the power to persuade and to convince the inquiring mind of truth. This may well be the Spirit’s greatest catalyst for change. Paul alluded to this in 2 Corinthians 3:18 when he said, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another.” The point is that what we see is what we be! We do not simply behold beauty: beauty takes hold of us and challenges the allegiance of our hearts. Beauty calls us to reshape our lives and exposes the shabbiness of our conduct. It awakens us to the reality of a transcendent Being to whose likeness of beauty we are being called and conformed by His gracious initiative. Beauty has the power to dislodge from our hearts the grip of moral and spiritual ugliness. The soul’s engagement with beauty elicits love and forges in us a new affection that no earthly power can overcome.

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The ordinances are the dramatic presentations of the Gospel. They are the moving pictures that represent the spiritual realities of the Gospel, written and directed by Jesus Himself… The ordinances, then, are where we see the Gospel enacted, and our participation in it dramatized. They are where the word of God’s promise is spoken to us in tangible form – we touch and taste the bread and wine; we feel the waters of baptism. They are means of grace instituted by Jesus that God uses to assure His people of the trustworthiness of His Gospel and the reality of our participation in it (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).

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Lemon-poppy Bundt Cake

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs, Dairy		Cakes, Desserts	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	+ 1 TB butter or margarine-
		at room temperature
3	c	Cake flour
2	T	Poppy seeds
2	t	Baking powder
1/2	t	Baking soda
1 1/3	c	Granulated sugar
3		Eggs
1		16 oz container sour cream
2	T	+ 3/4 tsp grated lemon zest-
		divided
1/4	c	+ 2 tb lemon juice – divided
1	t	Vanilla extract
1	c	Confectioners sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350~F.  Melt 1 tb butter; brush over inside of 12 cup
Bundt pan.  Combine flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and soda.  In
bowl with mixer at medium speed beat granulated sugar with remaining
butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.  Beat in eggs, one at
a time, until combined.  Beat in sour cream, 1/4 cup juice, zest and
vanilla. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour mixture until
just combined. Pour batter into pan.  Bake 45-50 minutes or until
toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes.
Remove cake from pan; cool completely on rack.  Combine  confectioners'
sugar with remaining juice and zest; drizzle over  cake.  SOURCE:
Woman's World 4/15/97  Posted to bakery-shoppe digest V1 Number 021 by
novmom@juno.com (Lynn  A Montroy) on Apr 10, 1997

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