God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The focus is on the baby! But the focus is not on a baby, but again who this baby is and what He will become. The Christmas story is about wonder (Lk. 2:19, 51). You see, if He were born to Caesar Augustus in a palace there is not much left to the imagination. But we are called to intense faith to believe that somehow this child is Lord and will be Messiah and Savior (Lk. 2:11). The narrative makes it clear that for this to happen it must be the hand of God with Whom nothing is impossible (Lk. 1:37).
Here's the problem: when every sin is seen as the same, we are less likely to fight any sins at all. Why should I stop sleeping with my girlfriend when there will still be lust in my heart? Why pursue holiness when even one sin in my life means I'm Osama bin Hitler in God's eyes? Again, it seems humble to act as if no sin is worse than another, but we lose the impetus for striving and the ability to hold each other accountable when we tumble down the slip-and-slide of moral equivalence. All of a sudden the elder who battles the temptation to take a second look at the racy section of the Land's End catalog shouldn't dare exercise church discipline on the young man fornicating with reckless abandon. When we can no longer see the different gradations among sins and sinners and sinful nations, we have not succeeded in respecting our own badness; we've cheapened God's goodness. If our own legal system does not treat all infractions in the same way, surely God knows that some sins are more heinous than others. If we can spot the difference, we'll be especially eager to put to death those sins which are most offensive to God.
Raw egg (or egg white for low cholesterol/white dressing)
1
c
Olive oil; extra virgin for better taste/color
5
Cloves garlic -or-
3
Cloves (large) elephant garlic for smoother effect
1/2
Lemon -or-
1
Lime; juice of
INSTRUCTIONS
Bob "Docpepr" Opersteny <RAO@CORHCC1.HCC.COM>
Aoli (Garlic Dressing) (Base recipe by Frugal Gourmet: Jeff Smith)
Pedro's Spanish Alioli below reminded me of the greek version of this
recipe; which is essentially garlic mayonaise/salad dressing. You can add
chiles or Sriracha for a dip/bread spread for fast garlic bread, etc.
Blend/whip 1 egg at room temperature add garlic (pressed) into blender
blend and slowly add olive oil; till emulsion turns white/whipped-will look
like mayonaise stir in juice of 1/2 lemon or 1 lime (if you've got the
really big ones, taste after adding 1/2 amount) Use for potato salad, salad
dressing, cold chicken salad, garlic bread, Keep Refrigerated!
Note: no salt was added to base recipe, as this was to be a blood-pressure
friendly recipe; the natural aolin(?sp) from the garlic, along with the
olive oil has been known to help blood pressure and heart stress. You may
add salt, chiles, spices as desired to create effect as desired.
CHILE-HEADS ARCHIVES
From the Chile-Heads recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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