Apple-raisin Chews – We Love God!

There are basically two ways to read the Bible — as a book of law, or as a book of promise. Our natural religious psychology wants to read the Bible as law: “God is explaining here how I can win his favor.” A law-hermeneutic is the pre-understanding we naturally bring to our Bible reading, every page. But in Galatians 3 Paul explains that he reads the Bible as a book of promise, and he wants us to as well. He sees every page of the Bible as gracious promise from God to undeserving sinners. Is there law in the Bible? Yes. But it was “added” (v. 19). Law was inserted after the promises to Abraham were established. It is promise that comes first (Genesis 12), then law comes later (Exodus 20). It is promise, therefore, that defines the all-encompassing framework within which we are to read everything else in the Bible... Every page [in the Bible], most deeply understood, shines forth as a promise of grace to sinners in Christ.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains		Cookies	120	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 3/4	c	Cake flour
1	t	Salt
2	t	Baking powder
1	c	Shortening
2	c	Brown sugar
1 1/2	t	Vanilla extract
1		Egg
1/2	c	Evaporated milk
1/4	c	Orange juice
2		Apples, pared and cored
1	c	Seeded raisins
1	T	Orange rind, grated

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift flour with salt and baking powder. Cream shortening with sifted
sugar, add vanilla and egg and beat well. Add dry ingredients to the
creamed mixture alternately with the combined evaporated milk and
orange juice. Mix thoroughly. Put apples and raisins through food
chopper, add grated orange rind and fold into mixture. Drop from 1/2
teaspoon onto a well-greased cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in a
moderate oven (375 degrees). These keep well.  Recipe by: Magazine
Clipping  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Marie Smith"
<craftee@m6.sprynet.com>  on Feb 14, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 49 Calories From Fat: 17 Total Fat: 1.9g Cholesterol: 2.8mg Sodium: 30.5mg Potassium: 27.4mg Carbohydrates: 7.8g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 4.9g Protein: <1g

Christians should not allow entertainment to define their understanding of happiness, romance, modesty, masculinity, success, fulfillment, justice, or anything else. The Word and the Spirit should shape our worldview, not Hollywood. Sadly, however, many Christians today are more affected by the movies they watch than the sermons they hear. They show more enthusiasm for video games or television sporting events than they do for pursuing Christ likeness. They fill their minds with the sounds of talk radio or perhaps the latest hit albums rather than letting the Word of God richly dwell within them. Deep down, they enjoy exploring the pleasures of the world – even if only vicariously – as they watch actors play out scenes in which sinful pursuits are seemingly rewarded with happiness. The irony, of course, is that in real life though the same actors are just as miserable as everyone else, a sobering reality that keeps supermarket tabloids in business.

John MacArthur