God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
We are to love our neighbors as ourselves – and that standard of comparison, as ourselves , is often taken as an implicit command to love ourselves. On this view, the wording not only permits self-love but commands it; it not only sanctions self-esteem but reinforces its importance. On the face of it, however, self-love in Mark 12 is merely presupposed, not advocated. To read much of the contemporary literature, evangelical and otherwise, on self-esteem is to inhabit a domain a long way removed from the second great commandment.
In hard, cold reality, a person rarely seeks divorce for the well-being of the children. What is distressing about this myth is not so much the fallacy of it as its blatant hypocrisy. If people were really concerned for the well-being of their children, I would think they would move heaven and earth to transcend their false dilemma and move in the direction of responsible parenthood. With the use of this myth as a justification for divorce, humankind exposes its capacity for calling good evil and evil good. Here an act of selfishness is painted or portrayed as a noble act of self-sacrifice for the good of the children.
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix brown sugar, shortening, coffee,
applesauce and eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients (dough will be very
soft. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto lightly
greased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when
touched, about 7 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen
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