On Sundays God wants us to do more than sing songs together and have wonderful worship experiences. He wants to knit the fabric of our lives together. For many, church has become all about me – what I’m learning, what I’m seeking, what I’m desperate for, what I need, how I’ve been affected, what I can do. We see ourselves as isolated individuals all seeking personal encounters with God, wherever we can find them. Sadly, this reflects our individualistic, me-obsessed culture. Rather than seeing ourselves as part of a worship community, we become worship consumers. We want worship on demand, served up in our own time, and with our own music.

Bob Kauflin

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains		Cakes, Desserts, Christmas	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Butter
1 1/2	c	Sugar
3		Eggs; separated
2	c	Flour; (sifted)
1	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Sour cream
1	ts	Grated orange peel
1/2	c	Chopped walnuts
2	tb	Sugar
1/4	c	Orange juice
1/3	c	Amaretto

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg yolks
one at a time. Fold in beaten egg whites. Sift together flour, baking
powder, baking soda and salt, and add to batter a little at a time,
alternating with sour cream. Stir until smooth. Mix in grated orange peel
and walnuts and pour into buttered 9" tube pan. Bake 50 minutes at 350
degrees. Mix remaining sugar with orange juice and Amaretto and spoon over
cake as soon as it comes out of oven. Cool before removing from pan.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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“Faith without works is empty – and vica versa.”

What is repentance? Repentance is understanding where we fall short of God’s expectations as they are revealed in the Bible and by God’s grace changing our mind, our heart and our actions to be more in line with God’s will. Repentance is making a complete break with sin (a “180”), and it it’s place, now the pursuit of righteousness. There is an ongoing repentance that all Christians do. That’s what it means to grow in Christlikeness. And there is a general repentance we do when we initially come to Christ as we turn from self and devote ourselves entirely to the lordship of Jesus Christ.

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