No illustration can fully communicate the Trinity, because the Trinity is God and always transcends the created order in essence, persons, and relationships. But as long as teachers make clear that every analogy will be to some extent inadequate, it may still be profitable to use these improper illustrations to explain why and how they fall short as adequate representations of the Trinity. By understanding that the Trinity is not like the three states of H20 (ice, water, vapor), the student learns to reject modalism. By learning that the Trinity is not like the three leaves of a single clover, he eschews partialism. By grasping that the Trinity is not like the light and heat emanating from the sun, he disclaims Arianism.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Cakes, Desserts	1	Cake

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Honey
1	ts	Soda
1	c	Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned)
3/4	c	Butter or margarine; soft
1/2	c	Sugar
2		Eggs
1	c	Mashed bananas
1 1/2	c	Sifted all-purpose flour
3/4	ts	Baking powder
3/4	ts	Salt
6	oz	Cream cheese; soft
2 1/2	c	Sifted confectioners' sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

CAKE
FROSTING
For cake, bring honey to a boil in medium-sized saucepan; add 1/2 teaspoon
of the soda.  Pour over oats; stir to combine.  Cover and let stand 10
minutes.
Beat butter until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy.
Blend in eggs.  Add oats mixture and bananas; blend well.  Sift together
flour, remaining 1/2 teaspoon soda, baking powder and salt.  Add to
creamed mixture; blend well.
Pour batter into 2 greased and waxed paper-lined 8-inch round cake pans.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) 30 to 35 minutes.  Cool on wire
rack about 10 minutes.  Remove from pans; cool.
For frosting, beat cream cheese until fluffy.  Gradually add sugar,
beating until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.  Spread
between layers and over top of cake; refrigerate.  Just before serving,
decorate with banana slices.  Makes one 2-layer cake.
Source: Our Favorites for family and friends
Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/quaker01.zip

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