As Christian hedonist preachers we know that every listener longs for happiness. And we will never tell them to deny or repress that desire. Their problem is not that they want to be satisfied but that they are far too easily satisfied. We will instruct them how to glut their soul-hunger on the grace of God. We will paint God’s glory in lavish reds and yellows and blues, and hell we will paint with smoky shadows of gray and charcoal. We will labor to wean them off the milk of the word onto the rich fare of God’s grace and glory. We will bend all our effort, by the Holy Spirit, to persuade our people: 1. That “the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt” (Heb. 11:26). 2. That they can be happier in giving than receiving (Acts 20:35). 3. That they should count everything as loss for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus their Lord (Phil. 3:8). 4. That the aim of all of Jesus’ commandments is that their joy might be full (John 15:11). 5. That if they delight themselves in the Lord He will give them the desires of their heart (Ps. 37:4). 6. That there is great gain in godliness with contentment (1 Tim. 6:6). 7. That the joy of the Lord is their strength (Neh. 8:11). We will not try to motivate their ministry by Kantian appeals to mere duty. We will tell them that delight in God is their highest duty. But we will remind them that Jesus endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him (Heb. 12:2), and that Hudson Taylor, at the end of a life full of suffering and trial, said, ‘I never made a sacrifice.”

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Dessert	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	cn	(no. 2) pineapple chunks
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Flour
1/4	lb	Pasteurized processed cheese; grated

INSTRUCTIONS

Drain pineapple, saving juice. Combine sugar & flour. Butter baking dish.
Line with layer of pineapple. Sprinkle half the flour-sugar mixture over
pineapple, then half the cheese. Add remaining pineapple & top with rest of
sugar, flour & cheese. Pour pineapple juice over top, inserting fork in 2-3
places to allow juice to seep to bottom. Bake covered at 300 for 45 minutes
or until mixture appears clear. Remove cover & let brown in oven about 15
minutes. Keep warm while serving. (Great with ham or duck.)
BECKY JANE TAYLOR
From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, Helena-West
Helena, AR 72390.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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