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Surely Paul could have made the gospel more palatable – and less dangerous – by saying it was about something else. Something cleaner and less ridiculous than the cross. Something more glorious. Less disgusting. He didn’t do that, though. “I decided,” Paul said, “to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). In the face of the worst cultural prejudice imaginable, he fixed the entire gospel squarely and immovably on the fact that Jesus was tacked to a stauros and left to die. If he had been trying to find a surefire way to turn first-century people off from his “good news,” he couldn’t have done better than that! So why did he do it? It’s simple. He did it because he knew that leaving the cross out, or running past it with a glance, or making it peripheral to the gospel, or allowing anything else to displace it at the center of the gospel would make it, finally, no gospel at all.

Greg Gilbert

We Love God!

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

Mints (no Cook)

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	oz	Cream Cheese
1 1/3	c	Powdered sugar or enough for
		dough mix
1/2	t	Vanilla, mint or desired
		flavoring

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix and knead thoroughly; separate and color/flavor as desired. Roll
into small balls, then pat into molds or flatten into circles and
decorate. Can even be pressed through a cookie press for desired
shapes.  Suggestion for tinting: Divide dough into 4ths. Tint pink
(flavor  cherry or strawberry), green (flavor wintergreen), and yellow
(flavor  lemon). Flavor the remaining white portion with peppermint
oil. Roll  candy into balls, press the back of a dinner fork into the
balls to  flatten. These are very attractive when given alone or added
as an  accent to a plate of cookies as a Christmas gift. Candy forms a
very  light crust when dry. Center remains soft and smooth.  Posted to
MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340  From: "Carol D. Westover"
<tehachap@adnc.com>  Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 18:17:56 -0800

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