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
Dairy	French	Creams &, Dessert, Frozen, Ice	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Follow the French Vanilla Ice Cream recipe except decrease vanilla to
1 tsp. Stir in 1 cup coarsley chopped pitted dark sweet cherries
(about 8 ounces) with the vanilla and whipping cream.  Recipe by: Betty
Crocker's Old-Fashioned Cookbook  Posted to EAT-L Digest 04 Feb 97 by
Sean Coate <[email protected]>  on Feb 5, 1997.

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