If we do not know who God is and how He thinks and what He does, we have no grounds for joy, no reason to celebrate, no basis for finding satisfaction in God. Delight in God cannot occur in an intellectual vacuum. Our joy is the fruit of what we know and believe to be true of God. Emotional heat (i.e., joy, delight, gladness of heart) apart from intellectual light (knowledge of God) is useless. Worse still, it is dangerous, for it inevitably leads to fanaticism and idolatry.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy, Eggs		Cookies	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Walnut pieces; divided
1 1/4	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
1/2	c	Butter flavor crisco; (r)
1/2	c	Flake coconut
2	pk	(8 ounces each) cream cheese; softened
2/3	c	Granulated sugar
2		Eggs
2	ts	Vanilla
1	cn	(21 ounces) cherry pie filling

INSTRUCTIONS

CRUST
FILLING
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13x9x 2-inch pan with BUTTER FLAVOR
CRISCO(r). Set aside. Chop 1/2 cup nuts coarsely for topping. Set aside.
Chop remaining 1/2 cup nuts finely. For crust, combine flour and brown
sugar. Cut in BUTTER FLAVOR CRISCO(r) until fine crumbs form. Add 1/2 cup
finely chopped nuts and coconut. Mix well. Remove 1/2 cup. Set aside. Press
remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 15
minutes, until edges are lightly browned.
For filling, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla in small
bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until smooth. Spread over hot baked
crust. Return to oven. Bake 15 minutes longer or until set. Spread cherry
pie filling over cheese layer. Combine reserved coarsely chopped nuts and
reserved crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over cherries. Return to oven. Bake 15
minutes longer. Chill. Refrigerate several hours. Cut into bars, about 2x
1-1/2    inches.
Preparation time: 15 minutes Bake time: 45 minutes
Recipe by: Treasury of Christmas Recipes (1991)
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #937 by "Eugene Johnston"
<ejohnston@mailexcite.com> on Nov 30, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Hell! I thought it didn’t matter what you believed as long as you were sincere!”

We are often told that we limit the atonement of Christ, because we say that Christ has not made satisfaction for all men, or all men would be saved. Now, our reply to this is, that, on the other hand, our opponents limit it: we do not. The Arminians say, Christ died for all men. Ask them what they mean by it. Did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of all men? They say, “No, certainly not.” We ask them the next question: Did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of any man in particular? They answer “No.” They are obliged to admit this, if they are consistent. They say, “No. Christ has died that any man may be saved if” – and then follow certain conditions of salvation. Now, who is it that limits the death of Christ? Why, you. You say that Christ did not die so as infallibly to secure the salvation of anybody. We beg your pardon, when you say we limit Christ’s death; we say, “No, my dear sir, it is you that do it.” We say Christ so died that he infallibly secured the salvation of a multitude that no man can number, who through Christ’s death not only may be saved, but are saved, must be saved and cannot by any possibility run the hazard of being anything but saved. You are welcome to your atonement; you may keep it. We will never renounce ours for the sake of it.

C.H. Spurgeon