In Jeremiah’s prophecy of the new covenant, Jeremiah explicitly says, “It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers, when I led them by the hand out of Egypt” (Jer. 31:32). How will it be different? For one thing, it will be unbreakable (v. 32). For another, all the members of that covenant will be regenerate, the law written on their hearts (v. 33). Yet another difference will be that the covenant will not operate according to natural lines of birth and descent, but through spiritual birth (vv. 29-30). Here the discontinuity between the new covenant and the Mosaic covenant is enormous: a covenant of grace, not works; a covenant that regenerates rather than kills; a covenant entered into through spiritual rather than natural birth. And yet for all this discontinuity, Jeremiah is clear that this new covenant is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel, made to their forefather Abraham.

Michael Lawrence

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Boneless; skinless chicken
8	ts	Dijon-style mustard
1	c	Finely ground pecans*
1	c	Fresh bread crumbs**
2	tb	Vegetable oil
2	lb	Sweet potatoes; peeled and cut into 1-inch dice
2	tb	Butter
3/4	c	Plain low-fat yogurt
		Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2	c	Finely diced banana
1/2	c	Finely diced red bell pepper
1/2	c	Finely diced yellow bell pepper
1	tb	Chopped fresh cilantro
1	tb	Minced jalapeño pepper; (1 to 2)
		Juice of 1 lime

INSTRUCTIONS

   * To grind the nuts, put them in a food processor and pulse them until
finely ground; do not overdo this step or the nuts will turn oily and
pasty.
** To make the bread crumbs tear 4 slices of packaged white bread and pulse
them in a food processor until crumbed.
1.TO COOK THE CHICKEN: Preheat the oven to 375° F. Brush each side of the
chicken with 1 teaspoon of mustard. Combine the pecans and bread crumbs and
press this mixture onto both sides of the chicken. In a 10-inch skillet,
heat the vegetable oil and sauté for 1 minute on each side. Transfer the
chicken to a baking pan and bake for 30 minutes or until done.
2.TO MAKE THE SWEET POTATO PUREE: While the chicken is cooking, boil the
sweet potatoes, in water to cover for about 20 minutes or until tender.
Drain the sweet potatoes and mash them together with the butter and yogurt.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3.TO MAKE THE SALSA: Combine the banana with the red and yellow peppers,
cilantro, jalapeño pepper, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
4.TO SERVE THE CHICKEN: Mound the sweet potatoes in the center of each
plate, place the chicken on the potatoes and garnish with the salsa.
NOTES : From: Origins with Burt Wolf
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 161 by Aquasea221@aol.com on Oct
25, 1997

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