Boller (sweet Buns) – We Love God!

It grieves me that so many believers view the doctrine of God's sovereignty as a deterrent to a healthy, vibrant prayer life. That kind of thinking demonstrates an inadequate, incomplete and unacceptable understanding, both of God's sovereignty and of prayer. In truth, we pray because God is sovereign – He alone has power over all human events. In praying, we don't run from His sovereignty, we run to it. It's absolutely true that God is sovereign over every detail of our lives. Job acknowledged that even the number of every person's days is determined (Job 14:5). Life and death are in His hands (Jas. 4:15). Yet we eat and breathe and sleep and take measures to avoid any kind of calamity that might end our lives prematurely. Why? That's the very same question as, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' Here's the answer to why we need to breathe, and why we need to pray: God ordains the means as well as the end. And our prayers are one of the important means by which He accomplishes His will and glorifies Himself in the process.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Breads/, Yeast	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Milk
1 1/2	oz	Fresh yeast
3	oz	Butter
4	c	Wheat flour
1/2	c	Sugar
2	t	Ground cardamom
		Raisins to taste
		1-2 cups? optional
		Egg to glaze

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt butter, cool to lukewarm. Heat milk to lukewarm, about 37 C (100
F). Stir the yeast into the milk (or mix dry yeast into the flour).
Add sugar and cardamom (and raisins if you use them) to the flour.  Add
milk and yeast mixture. Add melted and cooled butter. Stir well  until
dough is shiny and pliable. Add a little more flour if dough is  too
sticky. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm  place
until risen to double in bulk, about 45- 60 minutes. Stop here  if you
are making kringle. Knead dough lightly, roll with your hands  into a
long sausage and divide into 24 equal parts. Shape each piece  into a
round ball. Place on greased baking sheet and let rise about  20
minutes. Brush with beaten egg. Bake on the middle rack of the  oven
until they are nicely browned with pale sides. 250 C (475 F)  8-10
minutes. Walt MM Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #263  Date: Wed, 25 Sep
1996 23:36:59 -0400  From: Walt Gray <waltgray@mnsinc.com>

A Message from our Provider:

“You think life is full of surprises? Wait till you die!”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 136 Calories From Fat: 31 Total Fat: 3.5g Cholesterol: 8.8mg Sodium: 9.1mg Potassium: 76.2mg Carbohydrates: 23g Fiber: 1.1g Sugar: 6g Protein: 3.5g

The question, then, is this: Does the Bible teach that people have the power and initiative within their own will to believe the gospel? The question is not, “Are people morally responsible for their actions?” The Bible declares that we are. We are responsible to God for every act of will and work that we perform. Neither is the question, “Do people have the opportunity to believe?” The Bible declares that we do. God has made Himself known to all people, either in nature, conscience, or the gospel, so that all are without excuse (Rom. 1:18-23; 2:14-16; Ac. 14:16-17). The question, rather, is this: Do people have a free and unfettered will by which they are able to believe? The Bible declares that they do not. The teaching of Scripture is that all people are born into this life corrupt in nature and therefore ill-disposed to the gospel and to the truth. This is the doctrine of total depravity.

Sam Storms