Cranberry Ring Mold With Apple-pecan Salad Fi

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
Dairy		Christmas, Salads	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Gelatin, unflavored
1/2	c	Water, cold
3/4	c	Water, boiling
1/4	c	Lemon juice, fresh
2		Cranberry sauce, 16 oz
1/2	c	Water, cold
1/2	t	Horseradish, bottled
3	ds	Liquid red pepper seasoning
1/4	t	Salt
2	c	Apples, peeled/chopped
1	t	Lemon juice
1/2	c	Celery, thinly sliced
1	c	Pecans, coarsely chopped
1/4	c	Mayonnaise
1/4	t	Salt
1/2	c	Heavy cream, whipped

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large mixing bowl sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold water to
soften. Add boiling water and stir until dissolved. Stir in lemon
juice.~ 2. Combine cranberry sauce and 1/2 cold water in a saucepan.
Stir, then beat with whisk until smooth; do not allow to boil. Add
horseradish, hot pepper seasoning, and salt. Stir in gelatin mixture.
Pour into a 6-cup ring mold that has been rinsed with cold water.
Chill about 4 hours, or until firm. Unmold onto round serving plate.
Fill center with Apple And Pecan Salad. Surround with additional  salad
if desired.~ NOTE: Miss Allie doubles this recipe to make two  ring
molds to serve her large family. Both the ring molds and salad  can be
prepared ahead, but the cranberry molds should be unmolded and  filled
with the salad just before serving.~ ~ *** APPLE-PECAN SALAD  FILLING
***~ 1. Combine apples, lemon juice, celery, pecans,  mayonnaise, and
salt; stir to blend. Cover and refrigerate until  about 1 hour before
serving. Fold in whipping cream. Return salad to  refrigerator until
time to serve.~ 2. Makes sufficient salad to fill  2 6-cup cranberry
molds, with enough left over to surround mold with  salad.  From
Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 126 Calories From Fat: 104 Total Fat: 12.3g Cholesterol: 1.9mg Sodium: 205.6mg Potassium: 85.6mg Carbohydrates: 4.5g Fiber: 1.5g Sugar: 1.4g Protein: 1.4g