In contrast to today’s Christ-less Christmas, God so orchestrated the events during the first Christmas to frame the supremacy of Christ in a remarkable way without diminishing His humility. On that first Christmas, Jesus did not appear to kings in a palace, nor was His birth surrounded with splendor and royalty. Rather, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the wise and better provide a backdrop that would not rob, but rather radiate the glory of the newborn King. Unlike today, the humble events surrounding Christ’s birth that first Christmas allowed Him to be the center focus and attraction of the day.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs	German		112	Cookies

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Butter
2	c	Brown sugar
2	c	Sugar
4		Eggs
2	ts	Vanilla
4	c	Flour
5	c	Oatmeal
1	ts	Salt
2	ts	Soda
2	ts	Baking powder
24	oz	Chocolate chips
8	oz	German Chocolate (chopped or grated)

INSTRUCTIONS

Measure oatmeal and then blend in blender or food processor to a fine
powder (this is the secret!!). Cream butter and both sugars; add eggs and
vanilla. Mix together with oatmeal , flour, salt, baking powder, and soda.
Add chocolate chips, German chocolate, and nuts. Roll into balls and place
2" apart on a cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes at 375. 3 C. chopped peacans
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Sue Plumley <splumley@CITYNET.NET> on Nov 25,
1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Do you only BELIEVE in God? How about loving him!”

You don’t have to be ascetic, and you don’t have to be afraid of the goodness of physical pleasure, to say that sexual intimacy and sexual climax get their final meaning from what they point to. They point to ecstasies that are unattainable and inconceivable in this life. Just as the heavens are telling the glory of God’s power and beauty, so sexual climax is telling the glory of immeasurable delights that we will have with Christ in the age to come. There will be no marriage there (Matt. 22:30). But what marriage meant will be there. And the pleasures of marriage, ten-to-the-millionth power, will be there.

John Piper