Better-than-… Cake #09

It is this most obvious aspect of our Lord’s teaching which has been forgotten or ignored by modern evangelism. Anxious to bring sinners to life, peace and joy in the Lord, evangelists have failed even to mention that Christ insists upon denial of self at the outset. Having failed to pass on our Lord’s requirement, and forgetting it themselves, evangelists have never questioned whether their “converts” with self-centered lives are true followers of Christ. Assuming that it is possible for a man to be self-indulgent and yet heaven-bound, Bible teachers look for some way to bring ego-centric men to a higher spiritual plane. Then self-denial is taught as the requirement for a second work of grace. But Luke 9:23-24 shows that unless a man lives a life of self-denial, he has not received a first work of grace.

Walter Chantry

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains	German	Cake	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Box plain yellow cake mix
		no pudding
1		3.5-oz instant vanilla
		pudding mix
1/2	c	Crisco oil
1/2	c	Water
4		Eggs
6	oz	Semi-sweet chocolate chips
1		8-oz sour cream
1	c	Chopped walnuts
1	c	Coconut flakes
1		Bar, 4-oz German chocolate
		grated
		Powdered sugar for dusting
		if desired

INSTRUCTIONS

Date: 14 Mar 1996 21:42 GMT  From: Mark Alexander <mark@alexr.co.uk>
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix
cake mix, instant pudding,  Crisco oil, water and eggs (add eggs one at
a time) beating well  after each. Fold in chocolate chips, sour cream,
chopped walnuts,  coconut and grated German chocolate. Pour into
prepared pan and bake  50-60 minutes or until cake springs back when
lightly touched. Cool  slightly in pan; remove, cool completely on
rack. Dust with powdered  sugar, if desired. Store in refrigerator.
Note: If desired you can also add a 6 oz. package of butterscotch
morsels and/or a small can of drained crushed pineapple.  Assorted
recipes from the Detroit News, entered by Diane Pahl
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 234 Calories From Fat: 116 Total Fat: 13.7g Cholesterol: 55.9mg Sodium: 375.3mg Potassium: 83.5mg Carbohydrates: 22.6g Fiber: 1.6g Sugar: 13.9g Protein: 7.4g

We will continue to say what the world, by and large, will not believe, namely, that it is possible to describe homosexual behavior as sinful, perverse, abnormal, and destructive to persons and culture while at the same time being willing to lay down our lives in love for homosexual persons. In fact, we say something even more radical and unbelievable to the world, namely, that you must believe homosexual behavior is sin and harmful in order to love homosexual persons. Because God tells us in 1 Corinthians 13:6, “[Love] does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.” If you deny the truth that homosexual behavior is sin, but instead approve of it or rejoice in it, what you bring to the homosexual person will not be love – no matter how affirming, kind, or tolerant. Our aim is the biblical combination of conviction in God’s truth and compassion for God’s creation.

John Piper

There is a judgment before us all. Words have no meaning in the Bible, if there is none. It is mere trifling with Scripture to deny it. There is a judgment before us according to our works – certain, strict, and unavoidable. High or low, rich or poor, learned or unlearned, we shall all have to stand at the bar of God and to receive our eternal sentence. There will be no escape. Concealment will be impossible. We and God must at last meet face to face. We shall have to render an account of every privilege that was granted to us, and of every ray of light that we enjoyed. We shall find that we are dealt with as accountable and responsible creatures, and that to whomsoever much is given, of them much will be required.

J.C. Ryle