Name: Pork Chops and Apples in Sweet And Sour Sauce
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb Center-cut loin pork chops; About 1 1/2-in. thick; 2 Golden delicious apples; 1 tb Corn oil; 1/4 c Onion, chopped fine'; 1 tb Brown sugar; 2 tb Red wine vinegar; 1 Ripe tomato peeled, seeded; And cut into 1/4-in cubes; About #/4 cups; 1/2 c Chicken broth

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, Fruits, Grains		Pork, Meats, Fruits, Sauces, From cook4u	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	lb	Center-cut loin pork chops
		About 1 1/2-in. thick
2		Golden delicious apples
1	tb	Corn oil
1/4	c	Onion, chopped fine'
1	tb	Brown sugar
2	tb	Red wine vinegar
1		Ripe tomato peeled, seeded
		And cut into 1/4-in cubes
		About #/4 cups
1/2	c	Chicken broth

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Trim most of the fat from the chops. 2. Quarter, core and peel the
apples. 3. Heat the oil in the skillet large enough to hold the chops in
one layer. Add the chops and cook until nicely browned on one side, 2-3
min. Turn and cook on the other side about 2-3 min. Continue cooking the
chops about 15 min., turning them often. 4. Arrange the apple quarters
around the chops. Cover closely and cook 5 min. 5. Transfer the chops and
apple quarters to a warmed platter and keep hot. 6. Pour off the fat from
the skillet. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the brown
sugar and vinegar and stir. Add the tomato and chicken broth. Stir to
dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom and sides of the
skillet. Cook, stirring, about 2 min. 7. Add any liquid that has
accumulated around the chops. Cook until the sauce has reduced to about 3/4
cups. 8. Pour the sauce over the chops and apples.
This dish: Cotes de porc aux pommes
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The Scriptures teach…that persons have two constituent parts that exist in one unique whole; these constituent parts are called the “body” and “spirit” or the “inner person” and the “outer person.” The two elements may be distinguished but cannot ultimately be separated. Both are an essential aspect of a human being. Christians, therefore, should never discount either the spirit or the body. We do not counsel people to overcome their physical distress with some sort of “mind over matter” willpower. Instead, in harmony with Scripture, we take the body seriously. Scripture affirms that people need food (James 2:15-16), water (Rom. 12:20), and sleep (Eccl. 5:12). Paul affirmed the use of medicinal substances for the body (1 Tim. 5:23).

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