He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village, where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never had a family or owned a home. He never set foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never wrote a book, or held an office. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. While He was still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. His friends deserted Him. He was turned over to His enemies, and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had – His coat. When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave. Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today He is the central figure for much of the human race. All the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever sailed, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as this “One Solitary Life” (James Francis).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy, Eggs			8	-10 servin

INGREDIENTS

5	oz	Simple cookies (to obtain 1-1/4 cups crumbs)
1/4	c	Walnut or pecan halves
3	tb	Sugar
6	tb	(a little less than 1/2 cup) unsalted butter melted.
16	oz	Cream cheese, cut into pieces and softened
1/2	c	Sour cream
3/4	c	Sugar
3	lg	Eggs
1	lg	Lemon, grated rind of
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1 1/2	c	Sour cream
3	tb	Sugar
1	ts	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

NUTTY CRUMB CRUST
CHEESE FILLING
SOUR-CREAM TOPPING
Crust: Preheat oven to 160 C (350 F). Process cookies in a food processor
to fine crumbs, or put them in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
Measure 1-1/4 cups. Chop nuts. Mix crumbs with nuts and sugar. Add melted
butter and mix well. Lightly butter a 23-cm (9 in.) springform pan. Press
nut mixture in an even layer on bottom and about 2-1/2 cm (1 in.) up sides
of pan. Bake 10 minutes. Remove and let cool completely. Leave oven at 160
C/350 F.
Filling: Beat cream cheese with sour cream at low speed until very smooth.
Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in eggs, one by one. Beat in lemon rind. If
using a vanilla bean, scrape its seeds with point of a knife into cheese
mixture; or stir in vanilla extract. Carefully pour filling into cooled
crust and bake about 45 minutes or until firm in center. Remove from oven
and cool for 15 minutes. Raise oven temperature to 200 C (390 F).
Topping: Mix together sour cream, sugar and vanilla. Carefully spread
topping on cake in an even layer, without letting it drop over crust.
Return cake to oven and bake 7 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room
temperature. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. (Cake can be kept
3 days in refrigerator.) Remove sides of springform pan just before
serving.
General tip: For cutting cheesecakes, if you do not have a cutting wire,
use dental floss. Grip a length of floss with both hands; cut down through
the cake; then draw the floss out one side at the bottom (as opposed to
pulling it back up through the cake). This gives each slice a sharp,
straight edge. Posted to EAT-L Digest 18 Mar 97 by Ruth Heiges
<heiges@POST.TAU.AC.IL> on Mar 19, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Our love for God is the heartbeat of our mission.”

As for the widely reported experiences of seeing light, we should remember that since God is light, it is understandable that Satan duplicates light of his own. We cannot emphasize too strongly that he wishes to disguise himself as an “angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). And of course, many unsuspecting souls simply assume that this “being” who radiates light is kind and benevolent; in an age of “feel good” religion they can’t imagine that it is anyone else but Christ. Although positive near-death experiences are widely reported, I must point out that other research indicates that many have dark and foreboding experiences. In The Edge of Death, by Philip J. Swihart, and Beyond Death’s Door, by Maurice Rawlings, there are accounts of those who tell terrifying stories of the life beyond. Some have seen a lake of fire or abysmal darkness, along with tormented persons – all of whom are awaiting judgment. These reports, the authors contend, are more accurate because they were gained through interviews almost immediately following near-death and resuscitation. These dark experiences, the writers say, are often lost to the memory after a short period of time.

Erwin Lutzer