{"id":110582,"date":"2024-10-06T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=110582"},"modified":"2024-10-06T23:42:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T04:42:54","slug":"a-la-carte-october-7-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=110582","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (October 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a93651dd-26a9-4d43-a047-24d99c1e8be0\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning. Grace and peace to you.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"82993f2a-53d1-49a9-8c5b-a83a178ecdd2\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some excellent books by Paul Tripp: <em>Sunday Matters<\/em>, <em>Awe<\/em>, <em>Marriage<\/em>, and others. You&#8217;ll also find deals on several interesting titles by other authors.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/lighten-my-load-or-strengthen-my-back\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighten My Load or Strengthen My Back<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"7adf5585-a0b3-484c-a95d-6f488ed73ca3\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaneetha Rendall Risner shares a prayer request she heard and adopted as her own. &#8220;These became the words I whispered to God throughout the day. I needed God to either lighten the burdens I was carrying or give me strength to endure them. God had to bring change, though I didn\u2019t know in what form. I only knew I couldn\u2019t continue the way things were.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/gen-z-men-church\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Gen Z Men Like Me Are Staying in Church<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"ce092352-5561-4612-b900-32b462108000\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With so many people telling us all that the church is doing wrong, it was a blessing to read this article about what the church is doing right. &#8220;In the church, Gen Z men like me are rejecting the false masculinities offered by the culture and finding an alternative\u2014a cruciform masculinity. In his death, Jesus subverts the ego, dominance, and self-centeredness of toxic masculinity in a divine display of humility, sacrifice, and love. 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