The idea of being on fire for Christ will strike some people as dangerous emotionalism. 'Surely,' they will say, 'We are not meant to go to extremes? You are not asking us to become hot-gospel fanatics?' Well, wait a minute. It depends what you mean. If by 'fanaticism' you really mean 'wholeheartedness,' then Christianity is a fanatical religion and every Christian should be a fanatic. But fanaticism is not wholeheartedness, nor is wholeheartedness fanaticism. Fanaticism is an unreasoning and unintelligent wholeheartedness. It is the running away of the heart with the head. At the end of a statement prepared for a conference on science, philosophy and religion at Princeton University in 1940 came these words: 'Commitment without reflection is fanaticism in action; but reflection without commitment is the paralysis of all action.' What Jesus Christ desires and deserves is the reflection which leads to commitment and the commitment which is born of reflection. This is the meaning of wholeheartedness, of being aflame for God.

John Stott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Eggs
1	c	Oil
2	c	Flour
2	c	Sugar
2	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Salt
2	ts	Cinnamon
1	ts	Nutmeg
1/4	ts	Allspice
1/4	ts	Ground cloves
1	lb	Grated carrots
3/4	c	Chopped nuts
1	c	Raisins
4	tb	Butter or marg.
2	c	Coconut
8	oz	Cream cheese
2	tb	Milk
1		Box confectioners sugar
1/2	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

CAKE
FROSTING
Beat eggs until foamy, add oil slowly, add dry ingredients, beat until
smooth. Add carrots, nuts, and raisins. Makes either (1) 9x13 or (3) 9"
layers; grease and flour pans. Bake in 350 oven for 25-40 minutes (least
time for layers).
frosting: Melt 2 tbls. butter in skillet, add coconut stirring constantly
over low heat until browned. Cool. Cream remaining butter, cream cheese,
milk, and vanilla. Beat in sugar and 1 1/2 cups coconut. Frost cooled cake,
sprinkle with remaining coconut. Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange
Newsletter  by Susan <[email protected]> on Aug 17, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: Eternal Combustion Protection”

Explain the Gospel as perfectly as possible and they sadly just do not see it. The problem is not necessarily the presenter. The problem is definitely not the Gospel! Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:4 that the Gospel is “the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” That’s impressive, as good as it gets! But because of the spiritual blindness of the individual (2 Cor. 4:3-4), unable to see the Gospel’s greatness, there is simply no desire without God’s enabling power. And add to the blindness, a spiritually dead heart (Eph. 2:1), and there is absolutely no way a person on his or her own will ever desire Jesus Christ. In other words, people are not blinded because they chose to renounce the Gospel. Rather people renounce the Gospel because they are blinded by the evil one.

Randy Smith