But it is far more common for the evangelical preacher to edit God’s Word: 1. By removing the text from its context, and using it to say what-ever the preacher likes, 2. By moralizing the text, so that it is reduced to an ethical maxim that ﬁts any religion, 3. By using the text to promote hobby-horses, and 4. By dogmatic insistence that the text says things it does not truly say. This homiletical hocus-pocus has subtle roots such as the desire to be clever and popular or synthetically relevant or intellectually respectable or to make the gospel more acceptable. But most often God’s Word gets watered down by the preacher’s laziness. He simply will not do the hard work to engage and preach a text in its context.

Kent Hughes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Jewish	Beverages, Jams, Jewish	1	Bottle

INGREDIENTS

4 1/2	c	-Water
20	oz	Almonds, ground
6	c	Sugar; up to 7 cups
3	tb	Bitter almond extract
2		Oranges; juice of
2	tb	Almond syrup
2	tb	Yogurt Cold water; 3/4 c

INSTRUCTIONS

ALMOND COOLER, 1 SERVING
To serve, put a few tablespoons in a glass and add cold or sparkling water
and ice.
Bring water to a boil; add almonds and return to a boil. Remove from heat
and allow to cool thoroughly. Squeeze the ground almonds in several layers
of rinsed cheesecloth. Pour almond extract into a saucepan; add sugar,
bitter almond extract, and orange juice. Stir well and bring to a boil;
cook to a thick syrup consistency. Let cool completely. If syrup if not
thick enough, boil again for 5 minutes. Pour into sterile bottles, seal and
refrigerate. Can be used immediately Serve with ice water or with club
soda.
FOR 1 SERVING ALMOND COOLER: Combine a2 tb almond syrup, 2 tb yogurt and 6
oz (3/4 cup) cold water.
MAKES: 1 QUART SOURCE: _From My Grandmother's Kitchen: A Sephardic
Cookbook_ by Viviane Bicheck Miner
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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