Open-faced Chicken Benedict

Jesus Christ demands self-denial, that is, self-negation (Matt. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23), as a necessary condition of discipleship. Self-denial is a summons to submit to the authority of God as Father and of Jesus as Lord and to declare lifelong war on one's instinctive egoism. What is to be negated is not personal self or one's existence as a rational and responsible human being. Jesus does not plan to turn us into zombies, nor does he ask us to volunteer for a robot role. The required denial is of carnal self, the egocentric, self-deifying urge with which we were born and which dominates us so ruinously in our natural state. Jesus links self-denial with cross-bearing. Cross-bearing is far more than enduring this or that hardship. Carrying one's cross in Jesus' day, as we learn from the story of Jesus' own crucifixion, was required of those whom society had condemned, whose rights were forfeit, and who were now being led out to their execution. The cross they carried was the instrument of death. Jesus represents discipleship as a matter of following him, and following him as based on taking up one's cross in self-negation. Carnal self would never consent to cast us in such a role. "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die," wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was right: Accepting death to everything that carnal self wants to possess is what Christ's summons to self-denial was all about.

J.I. Packer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy	English	Breakfast &, Brunch	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Chicken breast, no skin no
		bone
1/2	c	All-purpose flour
1	t	Paprika
1/4	t	Pepper, divided
6		Canadian bacon, trimmed
1/2	c	Light sour cream
1/2	c	Light mayonnaise
1	T	Lemon juice
1	t	Prepared mustard
3		English muffins, split and
		toasted

INSTRUCTIONS

Seeing I haven't posted in quite a while, I thought that I would post
lowfat from the Taste of Home Lowfat Country Cooking. Out of 455
recipes I only have 44 formatted. Plan on formatting the rest this
week. Hope you all enjoy these.  Pound chicken to 1/4 inch thickness.
In a large resealable plastic  bag. combine flour, paprika and 1/8
teaspoon pepper. Add chicken, one  piece at a time, and shake to coat.
In a large skillet coated with  nonstick cooking spray, cook chicken
until browned and juices run  clear. Transfer to a platter and keep
warm. Brown bacon in the same  skillet, turning once; remove and keep
warm. For sauce, combine sour  cram, mayonnaise, lemon juice, mustard
and remaining pepper in a  small saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly,
until heated through; keep  warm over low heat (do not boil). Place
English muffin halves on a  baking sheet. Top each with a slice of
bacon, on chicken breast half  and 2 tablespoons sauce. Broil until
bubbly.  Serving Size: 1/6 recipe  Calories: 372, Total Fat: 14gm,
Calories from Fat: 34%, Saturated  Fat: 4gm, Cholesterol: 103mg,
Sodium: 699mg, Carbohydrate: 23gm,  Protein: 36gm  NOTES : My husband
enjoyed this recipe when he was growing up, so my  mother-in-law passed
it on to me when I wanted to surprise him with a  special Valentine's
Day breakfast. Recipe by: Cathy Tyrrell, Colorado  Springs, Colorado
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 420 by "Dorothy Tapping"
<unicorn4@usit.net> on Dec 30, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 549 Calories From Fat: 115 Total Fat: 12.8g Cholesterol: 96.7mg Sodium: 807.2mg Potassium: 542.5mg Carbohydrates: 62.4g Fiber: 3.5g Sugar: 4.3g Protein: 43.8g