Penne With Swiss Chard, Raisins And Pine Nuts

Biblical significance of the blood of Jesus: 1. Redemption. a. Acts 20:28 – “church of God purchased with His own blood.” b. Eph. 1:7 – “we have redemption through His blood.” c. 1 Pet. 1:9 – “redeemed...with precious blood.” d. Rev. 5:9 – “purchased for God with His blood, men from every tribe.” 2. Propitiation. a. Rom. 3:25 – “God displayed Jesus as a propitiation in His blood.” 3. Cleansing. a. Heb. 9:14 – “blood of Christ...will cleanse your conscience.” b. 1 John 1:7 – “blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” c. Rev. 7:14 – “washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.” 4. Forgiveness. a. Eph. 1:7 – “redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses.” b. Heb. 9:22 – “without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” c. Rev. 1:5 – “released us from our sins by His blood.” 5. Access to God. a. Eph. 2:13 – “brought near to God by the blood of Christ.” b. Heb. 10:19 – “confidence to enter Holy Place by blood of Jesus.” 6. Reconciliation. a. Col. 1:20 – “reconciled, made pace through the blood of the cross.” 7. Justification. a. Rom. 5:9 – “having been justified by his blood.” 8. Sanctification. a. Heb. 13:12 – “that He might sanctify the people through His blood.” 9. Conquest of evil. a. Rev. 12:11 – “overcame...because of the blood of the Lamb.” 10. Basis of new covenant. a. Heb. 13:20 – “through the blood of the eternal covenant.” 11. Lord's Supper. a. Matt. 26:28 – “This is the new covenant in My blood.” b. I Cor. 10:16 – “the cup of blessing...a sharing in the blood of Christ.”

James Fowler

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Vegetables, Grains	Swiss	Fruits, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Swiss chard or rapini
1/3	c	Olive oil
1		Onion, chopped
3		Garlic, minced
3/4	t	Salt
1/2	t	Pepper
1	pn	Hot pepper flakes
1/2	c	Raisins
1	T	Balsamic/red wine vinegar
4	c	Penne
1/3	c	Toasted pine nuts

INSTRUCTIONS

Separate Swiss chard into ribs and leaves; cut into 1-inch pieces. In
large pot of boiling salted water, cook Swiss chard ribs for 7
minutes. Add leaves and cook for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse under  cold
water; drain and set aside. In large skillet, heat oil over  medium
heat; cook onion, garlic, salt, papper and hot pepper flakes  for 5
minutes or until softened. Add Swiss chard, raisins and  vinegar; toss
together. Keep warm over low heat. Meanwhile, in large  pot of boiling
salted water, cook penne for 8 to 10 minutes or until  tender but firm;
drain and toss with Swiss chard mixture. Serve  garnished with pine
nuts.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 713 Calories From Fat: 230 Total Fat: 25.8g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 440.6mg Potassium: 281.7mg Carbohydrates: 103.7g Fiber: 5.8g Sugar: 13.9g Protein: 16.7g

It is natural...for us to trust in ourselves. It is so natural, and so confirmed by the habits of a lifetime, that no ordinary difficulties or perplexities avail to break us of it. It takes all God can do to root up our self-confidence. He must reduce us to despair; He must bring us to such an extremity that the one voice we have in our hearts, the one voice that cries to us wherever we look round for help, is death, death, death. It is out of this despair that the superhuman hope is born. It is out of this abject helplessness that the soul learns to look up with new trust to God… How do most of us attain to any faith in Providence? Is it not by proving, through numberless experiments, that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps? Is it not by coming, again and again, to the limit of our resources, and being compelled to feel that unless there is a wisdom and a love at work on our behalf, immeasurably wiser and more benign than our own, life is a moral chaos?... Only desperation opens our eyes to God’s love.

James Denney