{"id":114424,"date":"2024-12-15T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=114424"},"modified":"2024-12-15T23:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:43:51","slug":"a-la-carte-december-16-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=114424","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a9044e06-3148-4d53-a058-5b7305656f2b\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning. Grace and peace to you.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"c689b13b-82e4-4127-81c4-dee380d56c28\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include several books that are just right for the season along with a few commentaries.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4dc42946-0a30-4358-8e96-83891162a1af\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/undermining-the-bible\/\">Undermining the Bible<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/lost-ability-think-deeply\/\">Have You Lost the Ability to Think Deeply?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"2d598651-bff0-4979-9b9d-1c92de71b3ea\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;While entertainment isn\u2019t sinful, we need to ask ourselves if it\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/5-questions-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affecting our spiritual growth<\/a>. Jesus commands us in Mark 12:30, &#8216;Love the Lord your God . . . with all your mind&#8217;\u2014our minds are connected to our affections. When we limit mindless entertainment and replace it with deeper content and conversations, our relationship with God and others will benefit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/2024\/12\/13\/does-god-command-me-to-trust-my-spouse\/\">Does God Command Me to Trust My Spouse?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"9477db96-1bdf-416a-ac90-12636f0080bc\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many ways God tells us to behave toward our spouse. But does he command us to trust them?<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/helpful-hacks-for-preaching-from-a-manuscript\/\">Helpful Hacks for Preaching from a Manuscript<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"1ecf4d7e-0731-4c41-a4dd-6cb311996631\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is neither advocating for preaching from a manuscript nor condemning it. It&#8217;s simply offering instruction on doing it well.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gentlereformation.com\/2024\/12\/13\/thoughts-on-suicide\/\">Thoughts on Suicide<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"0bdd26ae-d8b7-4372-bdb0-2b3f61c2ecdf\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nathan Eshelman is thinking about the subject of suicide and considering it from a biblical perspective. &#8220;Suicide has been a thing in my life. By thing, I mean that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Have you lost the ability to think deeply? \/ Does God command me to trust my spouse? \/ Thoughts on suicide \/ Preaching from a manuscript \/ God is not in a good mood \/ Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (November 18)A La Carte (October 14)A La Carte (September 2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":114441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-114424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-a-la-carte","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cover-a-la-carte-mon-b-3-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114443,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114424\/revisions\/114443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}