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A death by crucifixion seems to include all that pain and death can have of the horrible and ghastly – dizziness, cramp, thirst, starvation, sleeplessness, traumatic fever, shame, publicity of shame, long continuous torment, horror of anticipation, mortification of intended wounds – all intensified just up to the point at which they can be endured at all, but all stopping just short of the point which would give to the sufferer the relief of unconsciousness. The unnatural position made every movement painful; the lacerated veins and crushed tendons throbbed with incessant anguish; the wounds, inflamed by exposure, gradually gangrene; the arteries – especially at the head and stomach – became swollen and oppressed with surcharged blood, and while each variety of misery went on gradually increasing, there was added to them the intolerable pang of a burning and raging thirst, and all these physical complications caused an internal excitement and anxiety, which made the prospect of death itself – of death, the unknown enemy, at whose approach man usually shudders most – bear the aspect of a delicious and exquisite release. One thing is clear. The 1st century executions were not like the modern ones, for they did not seek a quick, painless death or the preservation of any measure of dignity for the criminal. On the contrary, they sought an agonizing torture which completely humiliated him. And it is important that we understand this, for it helps us realize the agony of Christ's death.

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The sure test of the quality of any supposed change of heart will be found in its permanent effects. Whatever, therefore, may have been our inward experience, whatever joy or sorrow we may have felt, unless we bring forth fruits meet for repentance, our experience will profit us nothing. Repentance is incomplete unless it leads to confession and restitution in cases of injury; unless it causes us to forsake not merely outward sins, which others notice, but those which lie concealed in the heart; unless it makes us choose the service of God and live not for ourselves but for Him. There is no duty, which is either more obvious in itself, or more frequently asserted in the Word of God, than that of repentance.

Charles Hodge

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Tori No Mizutaki (chicken Stew)

January 30, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Chinese	Dinner: one, Foreign: ja	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Drumsticks, chopped in 1"
		pieces
1	lb	Tofu, press drain
		cut in 1" pieces
1		Watercress
1		Chinese cabbage, cut in 2"
		pieces
2	c	Shirataki, or substitute
		bean vermicelli
2	c	Spring onions, cut in 2"
		pieces
1	c	Carrots, diagonal thin
		sliced
8		Whole dried shiitake
		mushrooms soaked in
		water*
1		Sheet 2"x6" kombu seaweed
		OR 2 teaspoons dashi
		powder not for purists
1	c	Kikkoman soy sauce
1/2	c	Rice vinegar
1		Lemon

INSTRUCTIONS

Add 1 inch of water to a 12-inch table-top skillet (electric or gas,
whatever is available). Add the kombu and boil. Just before it starts
to actually boil, remove the kombu. If you are using dashi powder,  add
it now (tsk, tsk...). If you soaked the shiitake mushrooms, dump  that
water in here, too. Anyway, just put whatever you want to eat in  the
water to cook it until ready. Serve with dipping sauce (just mix
what's shown above) and lots of steamed rice. It will make you very
warm.  If you have the luxury of obtaining shichimi togarashi, sprinkle
in a  bit for added flavour.  When you are finished, dump some rice
into the remaining water and  cook gently to make congee. It's soooo
good in the morning.  Copyright (c) Ken Iisaka. May be distributed
freely provided this  copyright notice is not removed.  Recipe by: Ken
Iisaka  Posted to recipelu-digest by "Valerie Whittle"
<catspaw@inetnow.net>  on Feb 15, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 493 Calories From Fat: 97 Total Fat: 10.8g Cholesterol: 104.3mg Sodium: 176.8mg Potassium: 822.1mg Carbohydrates: 89.6g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 41.2g Protein: 21.9g