Why is it that so many professing Christians make no spiritual progress, and indeed make no efforts to grow in grace? Why? Because they care nothing about it! To take up a “mere profession” is all they desire; but to proceed from one degree of piety to another; to grow in grace – is no part of their desire... Is it possible to be a Christian and yet destitute of this desire to grow in grace? No, it is not! I tell you, it is not! If you have no concern to grow in grace – there is no grace in you! You are a piece of dead wood – and not a living branch! You are a spiritual corpse – and not a living man! In this state there can be no growth – for dead things never grow!

John Angell James

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Dessert	32	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Fresh bread or pie dough
1	cn	(21-oz) apple pie filling
1/2	c	Butter; melted
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	ts	Cinnamon

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375&deg;. Run a knife through pie filling to coarsely chop
apples. Place a small amount of pie filling in center of bread. Top with a
second slice of bread. Shape using "Cut-n-Seal" tool. Brush both sides of
tart lightly with melted butter. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip tart in
cinnamon sugar mixture. Place on "Baking Stone" or cookie sheet. Bake for
15 minutes or until lightly browned.
NOTE: A 21-ounce can of pie filling is 2 cups, enough for 32 round 3-inch
tarts.
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I can remember when I was an undergraduate student, how enlightening it was to learn from William Temple that what the Bible means by sin is "self-centeredness." Let me tell you how Temple puts it in his great little book, Christianity in the Social Order. He says, "I am the center of the world I see. And where the horizon is depends on where I stand. Education may make my self-centeredness less disastrous by broadening my horizon of vision. It's like a man climbing a tower who sees further in terms of physical vision while remaining himself the center and the standard of reference. I am the center of the world I see." That's what the Bible means by sin. Luther talks about man curved in on himself. Malcolm Muggeridge talks about the dark little dungeon of my own ego. That is sin, a twist of self-centeredness that has us imprisoned. But God's order is that we love him with all our being, and then that we love our neighbor and put ourselves last. Sin is the reversal of the order.

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