God does not commit evil, but He ordains that it exists. The prophet Isaiah recorded, “I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things” (Isaiah 45:7). Evil exists by God’s permission and through the foreordained choice of those whom He created. Otherwise, we’d end up with a separate power that causes evil, in which case God would no longer be sovereign. However, evil is not a glitch in God’s plan but rather an integral piece of God’s plan!

Steve Swartz

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Grains	Chicago	Cookies, Fruits	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Butter
7/8	lb	Sugar (granulated white)
7/8	lb	Brown sugar (dark brown)
4		Eggs (large – use 5 if medium)
2 1/8	ts	Vanilla extract
7/8	lb	Flour (sift before measuring)
1/2	lb	Rolled oats (oatmeal); powdered finely.
1 1/8	ts	Salt
2 1/8	ts	Baking soda
2 1/8	ts	Baking powder
1 1/2	lb	Chocolate chips (being a purist, I prefer
7 7/8	oz	Chocolate bar; finely grated.
7/8	lb	Chopped nuts (I prefer walnuts, but you ca

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 190 &deg;C .
2. Cream together the butter and the sugars.
3. Sift together flour, oatmeal, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and
shredded chocolate bar.
4. Add eggs and vanilla to creamed sugar and butter, then mix all
ingredients together.
5. Mix chocolate chips and nuts into mixture.
6. Drop by onto ungreased cookie sheet in small drops.
7. Bake 6 minutes or until done.
Author's Notes: These cookies are a combination of oatmeal and chocolate
chip. They are very rich, but very tasty. The recipe was obtained from a
friend of a friend, who supposedly paid a large amount of money for it.
However, the cookies do not taste exactly the same as the name brand.
A blender works very well to powder the oats and the chocolate bar. The
blender chops the oatmeal finer than a food processor. The powdered
chocolate bar should melt at the touch of your fingers. I prefer my cookies
just barely done, so that they remain chewy. If you want to send your taste
buds into heaven, butter the cookies as they come out of the oven (still
hot), and eat them still warm with a glass of cold milk. Note that cocoa is
not the same thing as a shredded chocolate bar. Note also that oatmeal is
not the same thing as quick-cooking oats or instant oatmeal. Oatmeal means
``rolled oats,'' such as Quaker oats.
Difficulty : easy to moderate. Precision
: measure the ingredients.
Recipe by: Sam Spitzner Illinois Bell, Chicago, Illinois
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 286 by "Diane Geary"
<diane@keyway.net> on Nov 22, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“People disappoint. God doesn’t.”

In Romans 3:23 we read, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Everyone experiences guilt because everyone is guilty of violating God’s law. James 2:10 says, “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.” Everyone deserves God’s just condemnation in hell. But God in His love and mercy sent us a Redeemer. He sent us One that would take our sins upon Himself. He sent us Jesus Christ. And after receiving our sins, the Father spent His wrath upon Him. The punishment for all our sins was received by Him. Thus with the penalty of sin now taken away for those in Christ, we can receive a full pardon for our sins. Remove our sins from God’s presence in Christ and naturally you remove the guilt as well.

Randy Smith