But it is far more common for the evangelical preacher to edit God’s Word: 1. By removing the text from its context, and using it to say what-ever the preacher likes, 2. By moralizing the text, so that it is reduced to an ethical maxim that ﬁts any religion, 3. By using the text to promote hobby-horses, and 4. By dogmatic insistence that the text says things it does not truly say. This homiletical hocus-pocus has subtle roots such as the desire to be clever and popular or synthetically relevant or intellectually respectable or to make the gospel more acceptable. But most often God’s Word gets watered down by the preacher’s laziness. He simply will not do the hard work to engage and preach a text in its context.

Kent Hughes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Cakes, Alcohol	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	tb	Black raspberry jello
1/2	c	Blackberry brandy, hot
1	c	Sour cream
1	c	Butter
2	c	Sugar
6		Eggs
1	ts	Vanilla
1/2	ts	Lemon extract
1/2	ts	Almond extract
1/2	ts	Rum flavoring
3	c	Flour, unsifted
1/2	ts	Baking soda
3/4	ts	Salt
		Powdered sugar, sift (opt)

INSTRUCTIONS

Dissolve jello in hot brandy. Cool, then combine with sour cream. Cream
together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs, one at a time
beating well after each. Mix in vanilla, lemon extract, almond extract and
rum flavoring. Mix together dry ingredients and add alternately with the
cooled jello mix to the butter-sugar mix; beat well after each addition.
Bake in a well buttered and lightly floured 10" tube or Bundt pan in a
preheated 350~F oven. Bake about 75 minutes. Cool in pan 20 minutes, turn
out and finish cooling on rack. Dust with sifted powdered sugar if desired.
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