The most fundamental task of a mother and father is to show God to the children. Children know their parents before they know God. This is a huge responsibility and should cause every parent to be desperate for God-like transformation. The children will have years of exposure to what the universe is like before they know there is a universe. They will experience the kind of authority there is in the universe and the kind of justice there is in the universe and the kind of love there is in the universe before they meet the God of authority and justice and love who created and rules the universe. Children are absorbing from dad his strength and leadership and protection and justice and love; and they are absorbing from mom her care and nurture and warmth and intimacy and justice and love – and, of course, all these overlap.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs	Dutch	Cakes, Desserts, Ethnic food	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking powder
2/3	c	Sugar
8	oz	Unsalted butter; Med-hard consistency
1	ts	Almond extract
1	pn	Salt
1		Egg yolk
1/2		Egg white
		Slivered almonds; optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Grease a 1 1/2 X 8" round cake pan and dust it with flour. Mix the flour,
baking powder and sugar. Cut in the butter. Make very sure that the butter
is neither too hard nor too soft (remove from fridge 1 hour before using.)
Mix well. Add almond extract, salt and egg yolk. Mix well or just grease
your hands and knead the dough, until it is very smooth. Place the dough
into the prepared pan and press down firmly. Brush the top generously with
the egg white. Slivered almonds may be placed on the top of the cake for
extra flavor. Bake 350 F. for 35 minutes. Allow to cool thoroughly before
serving.
Recipe by: Let's Go Dutch Again  by Johanna Bates & Sam Walrabenstein
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1005 by "chussey@synapse.net"
<chussey@synapse.net> on Jan 12, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Gratitude is our ability to see the grace of GOD, morning by morning, no matter what else greets us in the course of the day.”

In the process of striving to fulfill our needs and satisfy our desires, the church has slipped into a philosophy of “Christian humanism” that is flawed with self-love, self-esteem, self-fulfillment, and self-glory. There appears to be scant concern about worshiping our glorious God on His terms. So-called worship seems little more than some liturgy (high or low) equated with stained-glass windows, organ music, or emotion-filled songs and prayers. If the bulletin didn’t say “Worship Service,” maybe we wouldn’t know what we were supposed to be doing. And that reflects the absence of a worshiping life- of which a Sunday service is to be only a corporate overflow.

John MacArthur