Frosted Orange Spice Bars

The invisibility of God is a great problem. It was already a problem to God’s people in Old Testament days. Their pagan neighbors would taunt them, saying, “Where Is now your God?” Their gods were visible and tangible, but Israel’s God was neither. Today in our scientific culture young people are taught not to believe in anything which is not open to empirical investigation. How then has God solved the problem of His own invisibility? The first answer is of course “in Christ.” Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. John 1:18: “No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son has made him known.” “That’s wonderful,” people say, “but it was 2,000 years ago. Is there no way by which the invisible God makes Himself visible today?” There is. We return to 1 John 4:12: “No one has ever seen God.” It is precisely the same introductory statement. But instead of continuing with reference to the Son of God, it continues: “If we love one another, God dwells in us.” In other words, the invisible God, who once made Himself visible in Christ, now makes Himself visible in Christians, if we love one another. It is a breathtaking claim. The local church cannot evangelize, proclaiming the gospel of love, if it is not itself a community of love.

John Stott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Grains, Eggs		Bars	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	oz	Frozen orange juice
		concentrate
1/2	c	Rolled oats
1/2	c	Raisins or mixed candied
		fruit
1/2	c	Chopped walnuts
1/2	c	Shortening
1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Molasses
1		Whole egg
2	c	Sifted all-purpose flour
1/4	t	Salt
1	t	Baking soda
1	t	Ginger
1	t	Cinnamon
2 1/2	T	Orange juice
1 1/2	c	Sifted confectioners sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Bars: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine orange juice concentrate,
oats, fruit and nuts; set aside. Cream together shortening and sugar;
beat in molasses and egg. Set aside. Sift together flour, salt, soda
and spices. Stir into molasses mixture. Add fruit mixture. Blend  well.
Spread evenly into a greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake for  40
minutes. Cool on rack. Icing: Frost with icing made by beating  orange
juice gradually into confectioners sugar. Cut into 36 bars.  Recipe by:
[email protected]  Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 299 by
"Diane Geary"  <[email protected]> on Nov 23, 1997

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