God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The way to think about self-denial is to deny yourself only a lesser good for a greater good… Jesus wants us to think about sacrifice in a way that rules out all self-pity. This is, in fact, just what the texts on self-denial teach.
“Evangelicals derive their doctrine of the Bible from the Bible. Isn’t that circular reasoning?” Well, yes, but that doesn’t necessarily invalidate the reasoning. Our doctrine of the Bible is no more circular than scientific theories. Everyone uses circular reasoning to defend the ultimate authority for beliefs. While the ultimate standard of truth for evangelicals is God and His Word, for most others it is something else – usually themselves. The heated debates about whether the Bible is God-breathed and without error hinge on one issue: whether you accept what the Bible claims about itself. Many useful arguments show that the Bible’s claims about itself are reasonable (e.g., its historical reliability and fulfilled prophecies), but ultimately God’s Spirit must convince us that its claims are true because sin has distorted how we perceive reality. We can’t prove that the Bible is God’s Word by appealing to any authority besides the Bible itself because such an authority must be superior to God - and there isn’t one.
Lightly butter and flour a 9 inch springform pan. Combine the pecans, brown
sugar, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Mix well. Remove 1/2 cup of this
mixture and set aside. Add the raisins and 1/4 cup of the melted butter to
the remaining pecan mixture. Set aside. Combine the flour, cornmeal,
granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
With a wooden spoon beat in the eggs, sour cream, remaining butter and
vanilla until smooth. Spread half the batter over the bottom of the
prepared pan. Sprinkle the raisin mixture over the top. Carefully spread
the remaining batter over the top of the raisin mixture, and sprinkle with
the reserved 1/2 cup nut mixture. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the
centre of the cake comes out fairly clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire
rack before removing the sides of the pan. Makes 8 servings.
Formatted for MasterCook by Mardi amdesjar@mb.sympatico.ca November 22,
1997.
Recipe by: unknown cookbook
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #922 by Mardi <amdesjar@mb.sympatico.ca> on
Nov 25, 1997
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