Apple-glazed Barbecue Chicken

We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom…that we are most free when we are bound. But not just any way of being bound will suffice; what matters is the character of our binding. The one who would be an athlete, but who is unwilling to discipline his body by regular exercise and by abstinence, is not free to excel on the field or the track. His failure to train rigorously denies him the freedom to run with the desired speed and endurance. With one concerted voice, the giants of the devotional life apply the same principle to the whole of life: Discipline is the price of freedom.

Elton Trueblood

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats			6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		6 ounce frozen apple juice
		concentrate thawed
1/4	c	Reduced-sodium ketchup
2	T	Packed brown sugar
1	T	Cider vinegar
1	t	Dried thyme
1/8	t	Hot-pepper sauce
6		Boneless, skinless chicken
		breast halves 4 ounces
		each

INSTRUCTIONS

by Prevention Magazine, http://www.healthyideas.com  Before After
Calories 317 159 Fat (g.) 10 2 % Calories from Fat 28%  11% Cholesterol
(mg.) 69 46  In a small saucepan, combine the apple juice concentrate,
ketchup,  brown sugar, vinegar, thyme and hot- pepper sauce. Cook,
stirring,  over medium heat until the sugar completely dissolves.
Remove from  the heat and cool to room temperature. Place the chicken
in a single  layer in a 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Pour about half of the
cooled  ketchup mixture over the chicken, turning once to coat both
sides.  Cover and refrigerate both the chicken and the remaining
ketchup  mixture for 4 to 24 hours. Coat a grill rack with nonstick
spray.  Then light the grill according the manufacturer's directions.
Check  the temperature for grilling; the temperature should be
medium-hot  (see the Test Kitchen Tip below). Place the rack on the
grill. Remove  the chicken from the ketchup mixture; discard whatever
ketchup  mixture remains in the baking pan. Coat the chicken pieces
with  nonstick spray and brush them with some of the remaining ketchup
mixture. Place the chicken on the rack and grill, uncovered, for 8
minutes. Turn the chicken over and brush with the remaining ketchup
mixture. Grill for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the chicken is tender  and
cooked through. Discard any remaining ketchup mixture.  TEST KITCHEN
TIP: When grilling, here's how to test the temperature  of the coals:
Place your hand 4 inches over the heat source. Count  the number of
seconds that the palm of your hand can withstand the  heat before you
have to remove your hand. For a hot temperature, that  should be 2
seconds. For a medium-hot temperature, it should be 3  seconds. Medium
heat would be 4 seconds, and low would be 5 seconds.  To broil the
chicken instead of grilling it, coat the rack of a  broiling pan with
nonstick spray. Remove the chicken from the ketchup  mixture; discard
whatever ketchup mixture remains in the baking pan.  Coat the chicken
pieces with nonstick spray and brush them with some  of the remaining
ketchup mixture. Place the chicken on the rack.  Broil 4 inches from
the heat for 5 minutes. Turn the chicken over and  brush again with the
remaining ketchup mixture. Broil for 4 to 6  minutes, or until the
chicken is tender and cooked through. Discard  any remaining ketchup
mixture.  Makes 6 servings. Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n184 by "Tina
D. Bell"  <tdbell@altair.csustan.edu> on Jul 20, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 382 Calories From Fat: 31 Total Fat: 3.4g Cholesterol: 48.7mg Sodium: 474.5mg Potassium: 571.9mg Carbohydrates: 58.5g Fiber: 1.8g Sugar: 18.3g Protein: 26.9g

Here are eleven things expressly taught in the Word of God about election: 1. Election is “IN CHRIST.” No less than fourteen times in the first fourteen verses of Ephesians chapter one the Holy Spirit expressly tells us that every benefit and blessing of grace that comes to sinners from God is in Christ. 2. Election is UNTO SALVATION. Certainly, there is a sense in which it must be said that God's elect were saved from eternity (Rom. 8:29); but we must never be deceived into thinking that election is salvation. Election is unto salvation. Election is not, as some teach, unto 'Christian service.' Election is unto salvation. 3. Election is an act of pure, absolute, DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY. God has mercy on whom he will have mercy (Rom. 9:11-18). God was not moved by anything outside Himself to choose the people He chose to save. 4. Election took place in ETERNITY. God did not choose His people in time, but before time began, in eternity. He chose us before the foundation of the world, from the beginning, when nothing existed except God Himself in the tri-unity of the eternal Godhead. 5. The source and cause of election is God's eternal LOVE for His people. He loved us freely, from everlasting, before ever the earth was made. Our love to Him is not the cause of His love toward us, but the result (Jer. 31:3; 1 Jn. 4:19). 6. God’s election was an act of free, UNCONDITIONAL grace. Grace is always free and unconditional. The moment a condition is put to it, it ceases to be grace. To say that God chose us because of something He foresaw in us, or foresaw we would chose to do, is to frustrate the grace of God, making it the reward of our work (Rom. 11:6). 7. Election is God’s PERSONAL choice of specific sinners to eternal life in Christ. Here is a sweet cordial of grace which shall never cease to amaze and rejoice the hearts of believing sinners – The Lord God chose me to eternal salvation in Christ, because He loved me with an everlasting, unconditional love! 8. Election is IRREVERSIBLE. “The gifts and callings of God are without repentance” (Rom. 11:29). Those who were chosen to salvation in eternity shall not be unchosen in time! 9. Election is EFFECTUAL. There is no possibility that one of God’s elect shall perish (2 Tim. 2:19). 10. Election is DISTINGUISHING. To talk of universal love in God toward reprobate men is to talk nonsense. Read Isaiah 43:1-4! 11. Election is BLESSED, for it is the cause of all blessedness (Ps. 65:4; Eph. 1:3-6).

Don Fortner