Name: Peach And Blackberry Crisp
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb Peaches; (about 3), pitted; ; and cut into; ; 1/2-inch thick; ; wedges; 2 c Blackberries; picked over and; ; rinsed; 1 tb Cornstarch; 2 tb Fresh lemon juice; 1/3 c Granulated sugar; 2/3 c All-purpose flour; 3/4 c Firmly packed light brown sugar; 1/2 c Old-fashioned rolled oats; 1/2 ts Salt; 1 ts Cinnamon; 1/2 ts Freshly grated nutmeg; 3/4 Stick cold unsalted butter; cut into bits (6; ; tablespoons); 3/4 c Coarsely chopped lightly toasted pecans; Peach and brown sugar ice cream or; ; vanilla cream as an accompaniment

You don’t have to serve God long to be tempted to think your work is in vain. Thoughts come that your service is a waste of time. Results are hard to find. Regardless of what you think and see, God promises that your work is never in vain (I Corinthians 15:58). That doesn’t mean you’ll ever see all the fruit of your labors you’d hope for, or that you won’t frequently feel nothing has come of all your efforts. But it does mean that even if you can’t see proof, your service to God is never in vain.

Donald S. Whitney

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		July 1991	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	lb	Peaches; (about 3), pitted
		; and cut into
		; 1/2-inch thick
		; wedges
2	c	Blackberries; picked over and
		; rinsed
1	tb	Cornstarch
2	tb	Fresh lemon juice
1/3	c	Granulated sugar
2/3	c	All-purpose flour
3/4	c	Firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2	c	Old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Cinnamon
1/2	ts	Freshly grated nutmeg
3/4		Stick cold unsalted butter; cut into bits (6
		; tablespoons)
3/4	c	Coarsely chopped lightly toasted pecans
		Peach and brown sugar ice cream or
		; vanilla cream as an accompaniment

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large bowl toss the peaches and the blackberries gently with the
cornstarch, the lemon juice, and the granulated sugar until the mixture is
combined well. In a small bowl stir together the flour, the brown sugar,
the oats, the salt, the cinnamon, and the nutmeg, add the butter, blending
the mixture until it resembles coarse meal, and stir in the pecans. Spread
the peach mixture in a 13- by 9-inch (3 quart) baking dish, sprinkle the
pecan mixture evenly over it, and bake the crisp in the middle of a
preheated 350F. oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until the top is golden.
Serve the crisp with the ice cream.
Gourmet July 1991
Converted by MC_Buster.
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God. #Henry Blackaby”

Have you ever in the first five seconds of temptation, demanded of your mind that it look steadfastly at the crucified form of Jesus Christ? Picture this. You have just seen a peek-a-boo blouse inviting further fantasy. You have five seconds. "No! Get out of my mind! God help me!" Now, immediately, demand of your mind - you can do this by the Spirit (Romans 8:13). Demand of your mind to fix its gaze on Christ on the cross. Use all your fantasizing power to see his lacerated back. Thirty-nine lashes left little flesh intact. He heaves with his breath up and down against the rough vertical beam of the cross. Each breath puts splinters into the lacerations. The Lord gasps. From time to time he screams out with intolerable pain. He tries to pull away from the wood and the massive spokes through his wrist rip into the nerve endings and he screams again with agony and pushes up with his feet to give some relief to his wrists. But the bones and nerves in his pierced feet crush against each other with anguish and he screams again. There is no relief. His throat is raw from screaming and thirst. He loses his breath and thinks he is suffocating, and suddenly his body involuntarily gasps for air and all the injuries unite in pain. In torment, he forgets about the crown of two-inch thorns and throws his head back in desperation, only to hit one of the thorns perpendicular against the cross beam and drive it half an inch into his skull. His voice reaches a soprano pitch of pain and sobs break over his pain-wracked body as every cry brings more and more pain. Now, I am not thinking about the blouse any more. I am at Calvary. These two images are not compatible.

John Piper

Laymen sometimes think they need not be theologians. That, however, is a very great mistake. They do need to be theologians; at least, they should be amateur theologians. In fact, that is the one vocation every man is obliged to follow. A layman does not need to be a plumber, a carpenter, a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher, a laborer, a housewife. These are all possibilities, not necessities. A layman may be one of these or the other as he chooses. But he must be a theologian. This is not an option with him but a requirement… A lay theologian is a person who has a true knowledge of God which he understands in nontechnical, nonprofessional, nonacademic terms… Is it not clear why a layman must necessarily be a theologian? Is there anyone, layman or otherwise, who does not need to know God? Does the Scripture not say, “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent” (John 17:3)? It is, then, no mere option with a layman whether he will be a theologian or not, whether he will have eternal life or not; it is no option with him whether he will know God or not. The knowledge of God is necessary to eternal life. And if eternal life is necessary for every man, then theology is also necessary for every man.

John Gerstner