If God truly desires for all to be saved in the way the Arminian contends, and if He knows what it is in the means of persuasion contained in the gospel that brings people to say yes, why doesn’t He orchestrate the presentation of the gospel in such a way that it will succeed in persuading all people to believe? The point is this: Surely the God who perfectly knows every human heart is capable of creating a world in which the gospel would prove successful in every case. And if God desires for all to be saved in the way the Arminian contends, why didn’t He?

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Cream cheese
1	tb	Crushed pineapple
1	tb	Chopped walnut
2		Bagels, sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix and spread for two sandwiches.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 25 Aug 96
From:    Maureen Riley <MeauxR@AOL.COM>
Date:    Mon, 26 Aug 1996 01:23:16 -0400

A Message from our Provider:

“God is glorified by a thankful heart.”

Life on earth would not be worth much if every source of irritation were removed. Yet most of us rebel against the things that irritate us, and count as heavy loss what ought to be rich gain. We are told that the oyster is wiser; that when an irritating object, like a bit of sand, gets under the “mantle” of his shell, he simply covers it with the most precious part of his being and makes of it a pearl. The irritation that it was causing is stopped by encrusting it with the pearly formation. A true pearl is therefore simply a victory over irritation. Every irritation that gets into our lives today is an opportunity for pearl culture. The more irritations the devil flings at us, the more pearls we may have. We need only to welcome them and cover them completely with love, that most precious part of us, and the irritation will be smothered out as the pearl comes into being. What a store of pearls we may have, if we will!

Richard Seume