Education about God precedes and serves exultation in God. Learning truth precedes loving truth. Right reflection on God precedes right affection for God. Seeing the glory of Christ precedes savoring the glory of Christ. Good theology is the foundation of great doxology. Knowledge is utterly crucial. But it is not an end in itself. It serves faith and love. And if it doesn't, it only puffs up, as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 8:1. Where education does not produce heartfelt exultation in God, it degenerates into proud intellectualism. And where exultation is not sustained and shaped by solid Biblical education, it degenerates into proud emotionalism. God means to be known and loved. Seen and savored. Pondered and praised.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Salads	5	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Large Egg
3/4	c	Whole Fresh Cilantro Leaves
3/4	c	Olive Oil
1	tb	Minced Garlic
1	ts	Salt
7		Turns Fresh Ground Black Pe
2	lb	Cooked, unpeeled "New
		Potatoes" (halved if small,
		Quartered if large)
1/3	c	Finely minced onion

INSTRUCTIONS

(note:  If serving uncooked egg is worrisome, substitute 1/4 cup "Simply
Eggs" for the whole egg) Place egg and cilantro in food processor or
blender. Start processing and slowly stream in 1/2 cup of the oil. Add the
garlic, 1/2 tesaspoon of the salt and 4 turns of the pepper, stream in the
remaining 1/4 cup of the oil. Process until thorougly emulsified into a
mayonnaise. Pour the mayonnaise into large bowl and add potatoes, onion and
the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 3 turns pepper. Toss to combine
thoroughly, cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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“God weeps for you”

During the Protestant Reformation of the 1500s, Martin Luther articulated a timeless distinction between two approaches to knowing God. He labeled one a “theology of glory,” and applied it to those who believe they can attain to a glorious knowledge of God by human goodness, religious effort, mystical experiences, or the wisdom of human reason. According to this view, God manifests Himself most often through blessings, victory, success, miracles, power, and other exhilarating experiences of “glory.” By contrast, Luther argued that the biblical way to know God goes through a “theology of the cross.” God has “hidden” Himself where human wisdom would not expect to find Him, that is, in the lowliness and suffering of the man Jesus Christ, and especially in His humiliating death on a Roman cross. As Luther put it, “true theology and recognition of God are in the crucified Christ.” So rather than finding God by ascending to Him through our efforts, wisdom, or self-initiated experiences, God has descended to us in Jesus whose glory was in the least-expected of places – the cross – and in a way where He can be found by faith alone.

Donald S. Whitney