Name: Easter Cake
Ingredients: 1 c Walnuts, pecans, or hazel- Nuts, coarsely chopped; 1/4 c Brown sugar, packed; 1/2 ts Ground nutmeg; 1/2 ts Ground allspice; 2 c All-purpose flour; 1 ts Baking powder; 1/2 ts Baking soda; 1 c Butter, softened; 1 1/4 c Brown sugar, packed; 2 Eggs; 1 c Nonfat plain yogurt; 1 ts Vanilla

Ascribing to and endorsing orthodox doctrines should never be confused with genuine faith. Demons can confess monotheism (Jas. 2:19), and yet their hearts are far from the one true God. Indeed, they hate Him and all of His ways. Consider the reactions of the demons when they encountered Jesus during His earthly ministry. They acknowledged that He was “the holy one of God” (Mk. 1:24), and in that sense, “they believed” in Him and knew more about Him at that stage in His ministry than most anyone, even Jesus own disciples. But they certainly didn't love Jesus, and they didn't believe in Him to the extent that they entrusted their lives to Him. This leads me to conclude that there is a kind of faith, and intellectual understanding, that is “bare” and “empty.” It subscribes to mental propositions but doesn't embrace and love Jesus, and in the final analysis it proves to be no faith at all.

Thomas Schreiner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs		Cakes, Holidays, Newspaper, April96, Easter	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Walnuts, pecans, or hazel- Nuts, coarsely chopped
1/4	c	Brown sugar, packed
1/2	ts	Ground nutmeg
1/2	ts	Ground allspice
2	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1	c	Butter, softened
1 1/4	c	Brown sugar, packed
2		Eggs
1	c	Nonfat plain yogurt
1	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

TOPPING
CAKE
Combine topping ingredients and set aside. Heat oven to 350&deg;. Grease an
8-cup tube pan. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda; set aside.
With electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in
eggs, yogurt and vanilla. Gradually beat flour mixture into the batter
until well blended. Sprinkle one-fourth of the topping into the prepared
pan. Spoon on one-third of the batter. Continue layering. Bake in a 350&deg;
oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan; remove from pan to a rack; serve warm. Makes
12    servings
Nutrition facts per serving: 357 cal; 16 g fat; 21.8 mg chol; 4.1 g pro;
50.2 g  carbo; 210 mg sodium.
From the files of Roberta Thompson r-thompson@usa.net Source: The
News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown KY; Food section. Recipe from: C&H Sugar
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Chat Cat" <maintech@ne.infi.net> on Mar
26, 98

A Message from our Provider:

“A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.”

There are seasons in the lives of all when it is not easy, no not even for Christians, to believe that God is faithful. Our faith is sorely tried, our eyes bedimmed with tears, and we can no longer trace the outworkings of His love. Our ears are distracted with the noises of the world, harassed by the atheistic whisperings of Satan, and we can no longer hear the sweet accents of His still small voice. Cherished plans have been thwarted, friends on whom we relied have failed us, a profest brother or sister in Christ has betrayed us. We are staggered. We sought to be faithful to God, and now a dark cloud hides Him from us. We find it difficult, yea, impossible, for carnal reason to harmonize His frowning providence with His gracious promises.

A.W. Pink