Name: Lemon Curd Tarts
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour; 1/2 ts Salt; 1/2 c Shortening; 3 Eggs, well beaten; 1 1/4 c Sugar; 1/2 ts Finely shredded lemon peel; 1/3 c Lemon juice; Blueberries

How would you answer a person who says, “You can’t take the Bible literally because it promotes killing homosexuals” (Lev 20:13)? 1. This particular law was only given to ancient Israel under the terms of the Old Covenant. But God is not relating to anyone under the terms of this covenant today. Rather, God is now relating to all men under the terms of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8). Hence, this is not a law which should be implemented today. 2. This passage does not promote killing homosexuals. This is simply false – and it is important to say so. This particular law requires that those who engage in homosexual activity be put to death. Even under the Old Covenant, a person with homosexual inclinations or attractions, who refused to act on them, would NOT be put to death. What is at issue here is homosexual activity – not homosexual attraction. 3. God takes sin very seriously and His holiness and moral perfection require that He deal with it as it deserves. Under the terms of the Old Covenant, homosexual behavior was not unique in meriting the sentence of death. Adultery (Lev. 20:10), blasphemy (Lev. 24:16), murder (Exod. 21:12), striking one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:15), kidnapping (Exod. 21:16), cursing one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:17), and other acts as well, all merited the death sentence under the Old Covenant. Even Sabbath violations received the death sentence (Exod. 31:14). 4. God disapproves of all sexual sin – not just homosexual activity. God disapproves of adultery, fornication, rape, incest, bestiality, as well as homosexual sin. Again, homosexual sin is not unique in being prohibited by God. All sexual sin is prohibited. The Bible allows for sexual activity only within the confines of one man/one woman heterosexual marriage. Any kind of sexual activity outside of this is sin (Michael Gleghorn).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Desserts	30	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Shortening
3		Eggs, well beaten
1 1/4	c	Sugar
1/2	ts	Finely shredded lemon peel
1/3	c	Lemon juice
		Blueberries

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift together the flour and salt; cut in the shortening until the mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon water over part of the
mixture. Gently toss with a fork and push to side of bowl. Repeat with 3 or
4 more tablespoons of water until all is moistened. Form dough into a ball.
Roll out to 1/16-inch thickness. Cut into 3- inch circles. Fit into small
tart pans; press out bubbles.  Prick dough with tines of fork. Bake in a
450 F oven for 8 to 10 minutes until shells are golden.
For lemon curd, in a saucepan combine the eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and
butter.  Cook and stir over low heat until thickened, about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in lemon peel. Chill. Fill each baked shell with
2 to 3 teaspoons of filling; chill.  Just before serving, top with
blueberries.
Makes 30 tartlets.
[ COUNTRY HOME; August 1990 ]
Posted by Fred Peters.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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