How do you recognize abusive leadership? Abusive churches and Christian leaders characteristically: Make dogmatic prescriptions in places where Scripture is silent. Rely on intelligence, humor, charm, guilt, emotions, or threats rather than on God’s Word and prayer (see Acts 6:4). Play favorites. Punish those who disagree. Employ extreme forms of communication (tempers, silent treatment). Recommend courses of action which always, somehow, improves the leader’s own situation, even at the expense of others. Seldom do good deeds in secret. Seldom encourage. Seldom give the benefit of the doubt. Emphasize outward conformity, rather than repentance of heart. Preach, counsel, disciple, and oversee the church with lips that fail to ground everything in what Christ has done in the gospel and to give glory to God.

Jonathan Leeman

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains, Meats	Chinese	Chinese, Vegetables, Ethnic, Soups	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	tb	Vegetable oil
2	lg	Sweet red peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 3/4"x1/4" strips (about 3/4 cup)
1	sm	Bunch green onions, cut diagonally into 3/4" pieces (about 1 1/2 cups)
2	c	Chicken broth, canned OR homemade
2	c	Vegetable stock OR water (stock recipe in next post)
2	tb	Soy sauce
2	ts	Red wine vinegar
1/2	ts	Crushed red pepper flakes
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper
2	tb	Cornstarch
3	tb	Water
1	ts	Oriental sesame oil
1/2	lb	Snow peas, fresh or frozen
1	lb	Firm tofu, drained and cut into 1/2" cubes
1	cn	(8 oz.) sliced water chestnuts, drained

INSTRUCTIONS

Makes 8 Servings
Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add peppera snd onion;
stir fry about 5 minutes.
Add chicken broth, vegetable stock and soy sauce. Bring to boiling. Lower
heat; simmer for about 5 minutes. Stir together vinegar, red pepper flakes,
salt, pepper, cornstarch, water and sesame oil in a small bowl until
smooth. Add to soup with fresh snow peas; cook for about 5 minutes or until
thickened and bubbly. Add tofu, frozen snow peas if using, and water
chestnuts. Gently heat through.
Makes 8 servings (about 8 cups)
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #281 by "John Weber" <hdbrer@ibm.net> on Oct
25, 97

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