When Charles Spurgeon was asked how these two grand, biblical doctrines could be reconciled, he responded as a real heir of the Puritans: “I didn't know that friends needed reconciliation.” He went on to compare these two doctrines to the rails of a track upon which Christianity runs. Just as the rails of a train, which run parallel to each other, appear to merge in the distance, so the doctrines of God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility, which seem separate from each other in this life, will merge in eternity. The Puritans would wholeheartedly concur. Our task, they said, is not to force their merging in this life but to keep them in balance and to live accordingly. We must thus strive for experiential Christianity that does justice both to God’s sovereignty and to our responsibility.

Joel Beeke

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables		Diabetic, Breads	16	Slices

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Reduced-calorie margarine
		Sugar substitute to equal
		1 cup sugar plus 2 tb
2		Eggs
1 3/4	c	All-purpose flour
2 3/4	ts	Baking powder
1	c	Peeled,coarsley chopped
		Apples
3	md	Bananas,chopped
		Vegetable cooking spray
		Cholesterol 23mg Carbohydrates 21gm
		Protein 3gm Fat 4gm

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream margarine in a large bowl; gradually add sugar substitute,beating at
medium speed until light and fluffy.Add eggs and beat until thick and lemon
coloured.Combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture,mixing
well.Fold in apple and banana.Spoon batter into a loafpan coated with
cooking spray.Bake at 350 for 65 to 70 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean.LCool in pan 10 minutes; remove from
pan,and cool completely on a wire rack.
Exchanges:  1 Starch   1 Fat
Serving Size:  1 (1/2") slice
Per Serving:  Calories  123     Fiber  1gm      Sodium  142mg
From The Complete Step by Step Diabetic Cookbook
Typed by G.Major             01&bsol;08&bsol;96
From: Georgina Major                  Date: 06-02-96
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #335
From: BobbieB1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:53:35 -0500

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“There’s hope. There’s God.”

Anything whereby we may glorify God is a talent. Our gifts, our influence, our money, our knowledge, our health, our strength, our time, our senses, our reason, our intellect, our memory, our affections, our privileges as members of Christ’s Church, our advantages as possessors of the Bible – all, all are talents. Whence came these things? What hand bestowed them? Why are we what we are? Why are we not the worms that crawl on the earth? There is only one answer to these questions. All that we have is a loan from God. We are God’s stewards. We are God’s debtors. Let this thought sink deeply into our hearts.

J.C. Ryle