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Our self-abnegation is thus not for our own sake but for the sake of others. And thus it is not to mere self-denial that Christ calls us but specifically to self-sacrifice, not to unselfing ourselves but to unselfishing ourselves. Self-denial for its own sake is in its very nature ascetic, monkish. It concentrates our whole attention on self—self-knowledge, self-control - and can therefore eventuate in nothing other than the very apotheosis of selfishness. At best it succeeds only in subjecting the outer self to the inner self or the lower self to the higher self, and only the more surely falls into the slough of self-seeking, that it partially conceals the selfishness of its goal by refining its ideal of self and excluding its grosser and more outward elements. Self-denial, then, drives to the cloister, narrows and contracts the soul, murders within us all innocent desires, dries up all the springs of sympathy, and nurses and coddles our self-importance until we grow so great in our own esteem as to be careless of the trials and sufferings, the joys and aspirations, the strivings and failures and successes of our fellow-men. Self-denial, thus understood, will make us cold, hard, unsympathetic—proud, arrogant, self-esteeming—fanatical, overbearing, cruel. It may make monks and Stoics, it cannot make Christians.

B.B. Warfield

We Love God!

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

Banana Muffins #1

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Vegetarian	Bread	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Self rising flour
1/4	c	Sugar
1		Mashed banana
1		Jar (4-oz) banana baby food juice

INSTRUCTIONS

Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:38:14 +0100
From: Brown Jeannie <brown_jeannie@macmail.belmont.edu>
This recipe was posted about a week ago.  They turned out great.  I really
like this recipe because it is easy and doesn't call for anything I
wouldn't normally have on hand, plus it's low in sugar. I have tried two
variations that turned out just as good. I'm sorry I don't remember who
posted this, but thanks!
(Mix dry ingredients and fruit, add juice and stir just until blended.  Put
in muffin cups and bake at 305 degrees for about 25 min.)  I always double
the recipe.
FATFREE DIGEST V96 #148
From the Fatfree Vegetarian recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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