God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
When we look down on others with haughty judgment, we invoke the same compassionless treatment from God toward our infirmities. What a terrifying response from the living God! Belligerent people are told they can expect to be handled by God, not according to His tender compassion, but with severity matching their contempt of others. Such words should sober even the most hardened heart and result in a fresh realization that self-righteousness tops God’s list of man’s most despised iniquities (Prov. 6:16-19).
I reviewed some of the church growth material coming from our denominational headquarters. One publication said that, in order to get our churches growing again, we should “open the front doors and close the back doors”… What we actually need to do is to close the front door and open the back door! If we really want to see our churches grow, we need to make it harder to join and we need to be better about excluding people. We need to be able to show that there is a distinction between the church and the world – that it means something to be a Christian. If someone who claims to be a Christian refuses to live as a Christian should live, we need to follow what Paul said and, for the glory of God and for that person’s own good, we need to exclude him or her form membership in the church.
Source: The Silver Palate Cookbook (1979)
Method: Combine everything except the last three ingredients and
refrigerate overnight. (This is critical -- the marinating transform the
disk.)
Preheat oven to 350. Arrange chicken pieces in single layer in baking
pan(s) and spoon marinade on top. Sprink with brown sugar and pour wine
around.
Bake 50-60 minutes, basting periodically.
Serve chicken, prunes, olives and capers sprinkled with parsley or cilantro
and pass pan juices in a sauceboat. I like this particularly well with
couscous, but rice or just bread will do.
Serving notes: I prefer this the second day. It reheats extremely well
and can also be frozen and reheated. It can also be served cool (as for a
picnic). It is my favorite dish for family gatherings of twenty or more. I
have even persuaded extremely picky children to try this and proclaim it OK
(high praise, as you may know) notwithstanding their aversion to various
ingredients. Grown-ups too.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V96 #67
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:58:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Lori Fox <lef@ogc.wustl.edu>
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