Name: Chinese Hot and Sour Soup
Ingredients: 3 Dried wood ears; 20 Dried tiger lily buds; 3 c Hot water; 1/4 lb Pork butt; 1/2 ts Rice wine or dry sherry; 1/2 ts Cornstarch; 1 ts Sesame oil; 1 ts Salt; 2 oz Fresh mushrooms, sliced; 1/4 c Shredded bamboo shoots; 1 3" square bean curd, sliced; 2 tb Worcestershire sauce; 2 ts White vinegar and adjust; 5 tb Cornstarch; 5 tb Water; 1 Egg, beaten; 1/2 ts Black pepper; 1/2 ts White pepper; 1 tb Sesame oil; 6 1/2 c Chicken broth or white stock; 1/4 c Water chestnuts

We still have the presence of sin, nay, the stirrings and workings of corruptions. These make us to have many a sad heart and wet eye. Yet Christ has thus far freed us from sin; it shall not have dominion. There may be the turbulence, but not the prevalence of sin. There may be the stirrings of corruption. It was said of Carthage that Rome was more troubled with it when half destroyed than when whole. So a godly man may be more troubled with sin when it is conquered than when it reigned. Sin will still work, but it is checked in its workings. They are rather workings for life than from life. They are not such uncontrolled workings as formerly. Sin is under command. Indeed, it may get advantage, and may have a tyranny in the soul, but it will never more be sovereign. I say, it may get into the throne of the heart and play the tyrant in this or that particular act of sin, but shall never more be as a king there. Its reign is over; you will never yield a voluntary obedience to sin. Sin is conquered, though it still has a being within you.

Samuel Bolton

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains, Eggs	Chinese	Chinese, Soups	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3		Dried wood ears
20		Dried tiger lily buds
3	c	Hot water
1/4	lb	Pork butt
1/2	ts	Rice wine or dry sherry
1/2	ts	Cornstarch
1	ts	Sesame oil
1	ts	Salt
2	oz	Fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/4	c	Shredded bamboo shoots
1		3" square bean curd, sliced
2	tb	Worcestershire sauce
2	ts	White vinegar and adjust
5	tb	Cornstarch
5	tb	Water
1		Egg, beaten
1/2	ts	Black pepper
1/2	ts	White pepper
1	tb	Sesame oil
6 1/2	c	Chicken broth or white stock
1/4	c	Water chestnuts

INSTRUCTIONS

           MARINADE:
Soak wood ears and lily buds in 3 cups hot water 15 minutes to soften.
Remove stems from softened wood ears. Shred wood ears with a cleaver. Slice
pork into thin strips. Use a cleaver to chop strips into shreds. Combine
marinade ingredients in a small bowl. Add pork shreds; mix well. Let stand
15 minutes. Combine chicken broth and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a
boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium. Add mushrooms, water chestnuts,
bamboo shoots, wood ears and lily buds to broth. Simmer 3 to 4 minutes. Add
pork shreds with marinade and bean curd. Bring to a boil. Add
worcestershire sauce and vinegar, if desired. Dissolve cornstarch in 5
tablespoons water to make a paste. Slowly stir into soup. Cook over medium
heat until soup thickens slightly.  Stir egg into soup. Add black pepper,
white pepper and sesame oil.

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: Gateway to the supernatural”

God shows us the importance of the commandment [to honor our parents in Exodus 20] in several different ways: 1. First of all, notice that He puts it first in the list of our horizontal responsibilities. Our vertical responsibilities are addressed in commands one through four to Him, but when He begins to express our horizontal responsibilities, our responsibilities in our human relations with one another, the very first thing He says is, “Honor your father and your mother.” 2. Secondly, it is interesting. If we were to go ahead and read the laws all the way up through Exodus 24, you would find that God attaches the same penalty to disobedience of parents that He attaches to blasphemy and idolatry and the worship of false gods. In both cases, blasphemy and idolatry, worship of false gods, and in the case of disobedience to parents, in the laws of Moses the death penalty is given. 3. Thirdly, notice that this command flows out of and is closely connected to what is said in the first four commands. The first four commands basically said, “Worship God only. Revere God only.” And then the fifth commandment, what is the first word out of God’s mouth to us about our parents? “Revere your parents.” Isn’t it fascinating that He could spend four commands, and especially the first two commands, claiming to Himself the exclusive right to our reverence, to our worship, and to our adoration. And then in the very first word out of His mouth to us in how we relate to one another, He can say, “Revere your father and mother.”

Ligon Duncan