Name: General Smuts Tea Cakes
Ingredients: 120 g Butter; 2 tb Castor sugar; 3 Eggs, separate out yolks; 1 ts Baking powder; 40 ml Cold water; 180 g Smooth apricot jam; 120 g Coconut; 1 pn Salt

Since we believe in the resurrection of the body, we do not see a corpse as garbage. From the time of our earliest ancestors in the faith, we have buried our dead, committing them to the earth from which they came with the conviction that they will one day be summoned from it once more. The image of sleep is useful—not because the dead are unconscious but because they will one day be awakened. God deems as faith Joseph committing his bones to his brothers for future transport into the land of promise. In the same way the act of burial is a testimony of the entire community to the resurrection of the body. Cremation is a horrifying testimony of the burning up of the flesh and bones, a testimony that is decidedly pagan in both origin and in practice. Of course, God can resurrect a cremated Christian (or a Christian torn to pieces by lions, etc.), but how we deal with the body of a Christian teaches us - and the watching world - what we really believe about the gospel. Cremation ought then to be shunned by those who hope in Christ.

Russell Moore

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		S.african2s, Baking	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

120	g	Butter
2	tb	Castor sugar
3		Eggs, separate out yolks
1	ts	Baking powder
40	ml	Cold water
180	g	Smooth apricot jam
120	g	Coconut
1	pn	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and beat well. Sift in the dry
ingredients and mix until a dough forms, adding the cold water. Place the
dough in a refrigerator for 30 minutes until firm. Roll out on a floured
surface and cut into rounds. Press the rounds into greased patty pans and
fill each with a teaspoon of smooth apricot jam. Beat the egg whites until
stiff. Slowly add the castor sugar and lastly the coconut. Spoon the
misture over the apricot jam. Bake at 180 for 15 - 20 minutes.
Recipe by: Egoli Posted to EAT-L Digest 06 Mar 97 by Pam Knowles
<pamk@IAFRICA.COM> on Mar 7, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited – until you try to sit in their pews.”

I believe that human morality, rather than flagrant sin, is the greatest obstacle to the gospel today. If you ask the average law-abiding person why he expects to go to heaven, the answer will be some form of “because I’ve been good.” The rich young ruler (see Matthew 19:16-20), the prodigal son’s older brother (see Luke 15:28-30), and the Pharisee praying in the temple (see Luke 18:9-12) all had this in common: They were confident of their own goodness. Their attitude is replicated throughout our society. And the more religious a person is, the more difficult it is for that person to realize his or her need for the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

Jerry Bridges

Far from being stuffy and uncomfortable, our worship in heaven will bring us sheer pleasure. It will be unhindered enjoyment of God, unadulterated by any taint of guilt or any fear of insecurity. None of our earthly pleasures can compare with the perfect delight we will derive from heavenly worship. All the joys we derive from earthly love, earthly beauty, and other earthly blessings are nothing in comparison to the pure bliss of heavenly worship before the very face of Him from whom all true blessings flow. Only those who know Him can even begin to appreciate the unadulterated pleasure this will be.

John MacArthur