What is the worst the opposition can do? Kill you – though doubtless that will occur, at least for now, in this country. But even if that were case, the Scripture strips away that excuse citing that death for the Christian is the greatest event possible because only death has the ability to break the seal and usher you into inexpressible glory. Could the problem be that we simply have a too great a fascination with the things going on here and not enough desire to spend eternity with Christ? If we really “prefer” to be “home with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8), intimate, personal, visible communion with Christ that far exceeds our communion with Christ here (Heb. 11:10, 13), then we must be “absent from the body” (2 Cor. 5:8). In other words, we must die. Therefore death from that perspective doesn’t sound so bad. Only death can release me from “absent from the Lord” to be “home with the Lord.” So the worst the enemy can do is send me to paradise!

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Breads	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Buttermilk
2	tb	Butter
2		Eggs
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1	tb	Sugar
3/4	ts	Salt
3	c	Bread flour
2 1/2	ts	Yeast (1 pkg Red Star)
		Add at Mix Bread beep:
2/3	c	Bacon bits (real bacon, cooked then chopped, not canned or artificial)
2/3	c	Shredded cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

This recipe is a combination of Donna Gorman's Bacon/Cheese Bread and her
Buttermilk Cheese Bread (cookbook III). I'd made the bacon/cheese bread and
it was good, but it was a rather dense, low loaf. When I saw the buttermilk
cheese bread recipe, I decided to make a few modifications and combine the
two recipes ... the result is a tall, utterly delicious loaf!
I then tried it closer to her recipe and, instead of adding bacon/cheese at
the mix bread cycle, I added 1 cup of shredded cheese at the beginning.
This loaf almost brushed the top of my Hitachi! It was HUGE!
I don't know why these rise so well ... I did warm the buttermilk in the
microwave for about 1/2 minute and the baking soda is unusual. I may try
adding a small amount of baking soda to some other recipes and see what the
result is.
Anyway ... this is now one of our favorite breads!  A loaf is baking right
now.
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