{"id":116243,"date":"2025-01-21T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=116243"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:12:30","slug":"a-la-carte-january-22-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=116243","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (January 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"846582a9-a1cc-428d-a91b-6abcca4bddaf\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a book for those with hurting hearts and another explaining why smart women settle. And more as well.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"74edae3a-746d-44c8-9cf6-248bc9fddd1b\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westminster Books is featuring the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2024-enews\/lexham-geographic-commentary-series?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\">Lexham Geographic Commentary<\/a> series this week\u2014a great resource to help you better understand the setting of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b7dfcd8c-1092-4092-bf3e-e65cc28c5ac8\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/at-least-one-spurgeon-biography\/\">Must You Read at Least One Spurgeon Biography?<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clearlyreformed.org\/15-ways-to-fight-lust-with-the-sword-of-the-spirit\">15 Ways to Fight Lust With the Sword of the Spirit<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"c6d14fea-d9c4-43f8-98d5-b0b67c3f7511\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin DeYoung: &#8220;The seventh commandment is not just broken in this country; it\u2019s being smashed to pieces. And sexual sin is not just an &#8216;out there&#8217; problem. \u2026 So how in the world, in this world we live in, and with our sex-saturated hearts, can we obey the seventh commandment?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icr.org\/article\/15077\/\">Snowflakes: A Symphony of Intricacy and Beauty<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"e8308615-1c01-4f2a-aa29-30049d85296a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article seems especially relevant as much of North America endures a cold snap!<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loisflowers.com\/when-everyone-else-is-getting-the-blessings-you-want\/\">When Everyone Else Is Getting the Blessings You Want<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"fb8e96e7-3c23-473a-8475-21c992419353\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are special challenges that come to us in those times when everyone else seems to be getting the blessings we want. That&#8217;s what Lois Flowers writes about here.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevin-wax\/enough-valorization-doubt\/\">Enough With the Valorization of Doubt!<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a83581da-caf3-4aac-a9c8-383103202ae3\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trevin Wax has had<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: 15 ways to fight lust \/ Snowflakes \/ When everyone else is getting the blessings you want \/ Enough with the valorization of doubt \/ A culture of evangelism \/ Book sales \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (October 24)A La Carte (August 14)A La Carte (May 15)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":116259,"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-116243","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\/2025\/01\/cover-a-la-carte-wed-a-1-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116243","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=116243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116261,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116243\/revisions\/116261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}