We cannot deceive God. Twice in the Acts God is called “the Heartknower” (Acts 1:24; 15:8). But we can deceive ourselves. Here are four differences between deceit and honesty in our hearts. One, a deceitful heart doesn’t know its sin because it doesn’t want to know. But an honest heart is saying, “Bring it on.” Two, a deceitful heart notices how well a sermon applies to someone else. But an honest heart is too concerned about itself to judge another. Three, a deceitful heart, when it isn’t growing, blames its inertia on hardship or its church or even on God himself. But an honest heart says, “It’s my fault. I need to get in gear.” Four, a deceitful heart delays response. It says, “I’ll get around to it, even soon. But I can’t right now.” An honest heart puts God first. Delayed obedience is a way of saying, “I’m setting the terms. I am Lord.” But an honest heart says, “Lord, whatever you want – right now.” An honest heart says, with the old hymn, 'The dearest idol I have known, whate’er that idol be, help me to tear it from Thy throne and worship only Thee.'

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	American	Biscuits, Usenet	12	Scones

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Flour
4	ts	Baking powder
2	ts	Sugar
1/2	ts	Cream of tartar
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Shortening
2/3	c	Milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.  Stir together the flour, baking powder,
sugar, cream of tartar and salt. Cut in the shortening until the mixture
resembles coarse crumbs.
Make a well in the center.  Pour in the milk all at once. Stir just until
dough clings together; NO MORE.
Knead gently on a lightly floured surface for 10-12 strokes. Roll or pat to
about 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a (about) 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter,
dipping the cutter into flour before each cut.
Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake in a 450 degrees F oven for
10-12 minutes, or until golden.
Lots of cookbooks tell you to use two knives, or some such, to do the
cutting-in of the first step.  Forks work fine for me (I'm a klutz.)
All of the trick to making light, fluffy biscuits is in how you handle
them: THE LESS, THE BETTER. You can make these as drop biscuits (skip the
rolling; drop batter by tablespoons, and bake); they're even better for the
lack of handling.
Outside North America you might not know what shortening is. Use butter,
margarine, copha or lard. Vegetable shortening really is better for this
recipe, but don't forget lots of butter to put *on* them.... I make these
for study breaks. They disappear at an exponential rate....
  NOTES:
*  Simple, fluffy biscuits -- This originated in "The Better Homes and
Gardens Cookbook," which I consider basic equipment for genteel
middle-class living. Here "biscuits" is the North American meaning of the
word and not the Commonwealth meaning of the word. In England these would
be called "scones." Yield: makes 10-12.
: Difficulty:  easy.
: Time:  10 minutes preparation, 10 minutes baking.
: Precision:  measure the ingredients.
: Jean Marie Diaz
: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA
: Ambar@athena.mit.edu
: Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust
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