Split Pea Soup (vegan) – We Love God!

When Paul says, “If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink,” he does not mean, “Let’s all become lechers.” He means, there is a normal, simple, comfortable, ordinary life of human delights that we may enjoy with no troubling thoughts of heaven or hell or sin or holiness or God – if there is no resurrection from the dead. And what stunned me about this train of thought is that many professing Christians seem to aim at just this, and call it Christianity. Paul did not see his relation to Christ as the key to maximizing his physical comforts and pleasures in this life. No, Paul’s relation to Christ was a call to choose suffering – a suffering that was beyond what would make atheism “meaningful” or “beautiful” or “heroic.” It was a suffering that would have been utterly foolish and pitiable to choose if there is no resurrection into the joyful presence of Christ… Judge for yourself. How many Christians do you know who could say, “The lifestyle I have chosen as a Christian would be utterly foolish and pitiable if there is no resurrection?”

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Vegan	Dec., Fatfree, Prodigy, Soups, Vegetables	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	c	Water
2	c	Green split peas
3	c	Chopped celery
2	c	Chopped onions
2	t	Thyme leaves
2		Bay leaves
2	c	Carrots, in 1/2" rounds
4		Garlic cloves, pressed or mi
1	t	Sweet basil
1/2	t	Dried oregano
2 1/2	c	Chopped russet potatoes
1/4	c	Green onions w/ tops, diced
1	T	Spike
1	T	Tamari soy sauce
1	pn	Cayenne pepper
10	oz	Frozen peas
		rinsed under hot water to

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large 5-6 qt pot bring to a boil water, split peas, celery,
onion, thyme and bay leaves. Reduce heat and simmer covered about 20
min or until split peas are a little soft. Add carrots, garlic, basil
and oregano, bring to a second boil then continue simmering covered
until split peas are very tender and are dissolving to form a thick
broth. Add potato and simmer until potato is tender but still firm.
Turn burner to lowest heat. Add green onions, spike tamari sea salt &
cayenne pepper to taste. Add peas if desired.  Heat gently stirring
until peas are tender. Nutrition (per serving):  139 calories  Total
Fat  1 g (3% of calories) :  D/L from Prodigy 12-14-94. Recipe
collection of Sue Smith. 1.80Ã¡  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 47 Calories From Fat: 2 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 134.4mg Potassium: 203.7mg Carbohydrates: 9.1g Fiber: 2.9g Sugar: 3.8g Protein: 2.5g