{"id":115054,"date":"2024-12-27T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=115054"},"modified":"2024-12-28T00:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T06:08:41","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-december-28-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=115054","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (December 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b3d49a17-2cda-4b5a-b956-8e4cc86b3d8c\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m grateful to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/intotheword.ca\/\">Into the Word<\/a> for sponsoring the blog this week. &#8220;Into the Word began in 2017 with a simple mission: to help people read, love and live the whole counsel of God. Toward that end, we try to provide &#8216;pastor level&#8217; guidance to our listeners, as we walk together, verse by verse and chapter by chapter through whole books of the Bible.&#8221; Be sure to give it a look!<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"45100bc7-e794-4179-8205-a334f9ef2c28\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a few titles that are worth considering.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"8f3975d0-3e8f-4eac-aa4b-7b2bd30dadc2\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/resources\/the-collected-best-books-of-2024\/\">The Collected Best Christian Books of 2024<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.oalannoble.com\/p\/the-little-child-who-brings-a-rod\">The Little Child Who Brings a Rod<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"2a2fcac8-49a7-4b1e-aa5b-708a4f5fe921\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan Noble&#8217;s reflection on &#8220;the little child who brings a rod&#8221; is well worth reading.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/holy-bravery\">Holy Bravery: How Christian Men Act Like Men<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"6063b510-908c-448a-80b0-cdb25908617d\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a powerful article. &#8220;To act like a man means to\u00a0<em>be strong<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 not that you can bench three hundred pounds but that you do not faint in the day of adversity. The doctor calls with unexpected results; your own son turns from the Lord; your wife of decades is taken home in a moment. Walls close in. 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