The pre-sight view of election makes God seem absurd in His language if not somewhat dishonest. You see, God has gone to great lengths to say that some are elected, chosen, foreordained, predestined as part of His eternal purpose. For God to say that He saw those that would choose Him and then He calls them elect (select from a number) is linguistic trickery. It is like the Queen decreeing that the sun will rise in the morning, as others have said. God’s words about His action toward man would mean nothing but could only be construed as a way of presenting an authoritative front that God is in charge, whereas the decisions of eternal life and death are really within man alone. Apply this to prophecy. Much of prophecy is presented to us as that which God determines to do in the future. Is this the truth of it? Did God prophesy that John the Baptist would be the forerunner of the Messiah (Isa. 40:3-5; Luke 3:3-6) on the basis of pre-sight, and then declare that it would happen? Doesn’t language lose all meaning to say that? Does it not make sense of the language to say that the action predicted was based on God’s determined plan and not just what He saw happening?

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	French		8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	md	Granny Smith apples; peeled, cored, and sliced (about 4 cups)
2	c	Fresh or frozen cranberries
1	c	Granulated sugar
1	ts	Grated orange peel; (optional—but recommended)
1/2	ts	Ground ginger
1/4	c	All purpose flour
1/4	c	Old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4	c	Firmly packed dark brown sugar
2	tb	Finely chopped walnuts (optional) (I've substituted Grapenuts before; a nutty crunch without any fat)
1/4	ts	Ground ginger
1/4	ts	Ground nutmeg
3	tb	Chilled margarine; cut into small pieces
1	tb	Honey

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE TOPPING
(less than 20% calories from fat)
Preheat oven to 375. Spray a 13x9-inch baking dish with vegetable cooking
spray.
Prepare topping: In a small bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar,
walnuts, ginger, and nutmeg. Mix well.
Using a fork or pastry blender, cut margarine and honey into the flour
mixture until coarse crumbs form. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the apples, cranberries, granulated sugar, orange
peel, and ginger; toss to combine. Spoon apple mixture into prepared dish.
Sprinkle topping evenly over filling.
Bake crisp until topping is golden and filling bubbles (aprox 1 hour).
Place dish on wire rack and cool slightly. Serve immediately.
I like to serve it with frozen vanilla yogurt; or use a wide mouthed wine
glass and layer the crisp with the frozen yogurt= a parfait. Oh! FRENCH
vanilla= good stuff!!
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 423 by Abtaxel <[email protected]>
on Dec 30, 1997

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