{"id":119120,"date":"2025-03-28T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=119120"},"modified":"2025-03-28T23:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:26:55","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-march-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=119120","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (March 29)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"71c0c0ba-ec12-431e-b507-b08d5e4adfc8\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My gratitude goes to 21Five for sponsoring the blog this week. If you are a Christian reader in Canada, you may want to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/21five.ca\">look at their site<\/a> and consider their Easter specials.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"cc3cda8c-f6c2-4926-92d1-80ff9fa0e93a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some newer titles and some classics as well. Also, Westminster Books is offering an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2024-enews\/esv-study-bible-sale?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\">ESV Study Bible<\/a> at 63% off.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b973bdd7-ba09-4ccc-a9e4-73046945946c\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/resources\/new-and-notable-christian-books-for-march-2025\/\">New and Notable Christian Books for March 2025<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/interviews\/does-god-withdraw-his-presence-from-me\">Does God Withdraw His Presence From Me?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"90eaea70-d86b-49a1-a2d2-5ca88e4163c4\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is it possible for God to withdraw his presence from us? As John Piper explains here, the answer can be both yes and no.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proclaimanddefend.org\/2025\/03\/27\/why-are-there-four-gospels\/\">Why Are There Four Gospels?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4bb79f67-1810-477a-86c0-f6f46fc562f7\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article provides a helpful illustration that explains why there are four gospels instead of one.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevin-wax\/ways-celebrating-lords-supper\/\">What We Glean From 4 Ways of Celebrating the Lord\u2019s Supper<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a3ec4094-0228-485c-a423-df888b70d019\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trevin explains what we can glean from some of the different ways that Christians celebrate the Lord&#8217;s Supper. &#8220;Whatever you call it, however you celebrate it, there\u2019s much to be gleaned by reflecting on the symbolism of your church\u2019s traditions when observing this meal together. Treat the moment with reverence, with joy, with gratitude, with faith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/brownsugartoast.com\/two-words-for-difficult-seasons\/\">Two<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Does God withdraw his presence? \/ Celebrating the Lord&#8217;s Supper \/ Difficult, emotionally-overwhelming seasons \/ Wisdom for difficult conversations \/ Why four gospels? \/ Sales and deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (August 29)Weekend A La Carte (June 1)A La Carte (May 30)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":119136,"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-119120","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\/03\/cover-a-la-carte-weekend-b-3-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119120","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=119120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119138,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119120\/revisions\/119138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}