Name: Lamb Chops with Anise (Mf)
Ingredients: 6 Rib lamb chops; trimmed of excess fat; 1/2 ts Dried thyme; 2 tb Olive oil; 3 tb Unsalted butter; divided; 1/2 ts Minced garlic or garlic puree; 1 ts Anise seeds; 2 tb Balsamic vinegar; 1 pn Sugar; 2 tb Water; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

This dark problem of unmerited suffering lights up as we see what happened at the cross. Jesus did not bear the Cross – He used it. The Cross was sin, and He turned it into the healing of sin; the Cross was hate, and He turned it into a manifestation of the love of God. The Cross showed man at his worst, and there Jesus shows God at His redemptive best. The cruelest, darkest word that life ever spoke was at the Cross, and Jesus took all that cruelty and darkness and turned it into pure love and pure light… What a light it sheds upon the tragedy of life to find such a fact at the center of our faith.

E. Stanley Jones

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Sami	Lamb-mt, Skillet-mt	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Rib lamb chops; trimmed of excess fat
1/2	ts	Dried thyme
2	tb	Olive oil
3	tb	Unsalted butter; divided
1/2	ts	Minced garlic or garlic puree
1	ts	Anise seeds
2	tb	Balsamic vinegar
1	pn	Sugar
2	tb	Water
		Salt and freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Season both sides of lamb chops with salt and pepper. Press thyme into
chops. Heat olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a 12-inch skillet. Sear
chops for a minute on each side.
Lower the heat and cook, uncovered, for 5 to 10 minutes depending on how
well you like your chops done. Turn the chops occasionally while they cook.
Remove them to a plate and set aside; discard almost all of the fat. Add
garlic, anise seeds, balsamic vinegar, sugar and 2 tablespoons water.
Scrape up juices and reduce until syrupy. Off heat, stir in 2 tablespoons
butter and season to taste with salt and pepper; spoon over chops.
Yield: 2 servings
Copyright, 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved
MC Format by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net>.
Recipe by: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6625 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest
V1 #717 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on Aug 03, 1997

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These doctrines build upon one another. The doctrine of total depravity establishes what the Bible teaches about the spiritual condition of unregenerate man and leaves one with the question “Who can be saved?” The doctrine of unconditional election then answers the question by declaring God’s sovereign choice in choosing to save people despite their depravity and based solely on God’s sovereign choice to redeem for Himself people from every tribe, tongue and nation. Next, the doctrine of limited atonement explains how God can be perfectly just and yet redeem those sinful people and reconcile them to Himself. The only solution to the depravity of man was for God to provide a Redeemer who would act as their substitute and suffer the wrath of God for their sins. He did this in the death of Christ, who, having been crucified, completely and totally “canceled out the certificate of debt…having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14). That leads to another question: how can a spiritually dead sinner who is hostile to God have faith in the atoning work of Christ on the cross? That question is answered by the doctrine of grace that is known as irresistible grace, the “I” in the acronym TULIP.

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