{"id":119449,"date":"2025-04-06T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=119449"},"modified":"2025-04-06T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:49:18","slug":"a-la-carte-april-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=119449","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"73cd1a78-cecc-4bed-a283-20436a225d3f\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning. Grace and peace to you.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"28419137-ed51-46e3-b2a6-4a69571453fd\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some of Crossway&#8217;s bestselling books (e.g. <em>Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy<\/em>; <em>The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self<\/em>; <em>Surviving Religion 101<\/em>) and others such as J. Warner Wallace&#8217;s <em>Person of Interest<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ryannemolinari.com\/2025\/04\/05\/on-netflix-and-narnia-four-questions-and-a-timely-scene\/\">On Netflix and Narnia: Three Questions and a Convicting Scene<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4806abea-c35b-42e7-9213-654400a029c9\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone who really understands the world of Narnia explains why reimagining Aslan as female would be an outrage. &#8220;Gerwig might lift up an artificial Aslan but, like poor Puzzle, she knows not what she does. In an odd way, she is probably convinced that she is doing a virtuous and praiseworthy thing. She probably feels that she is liberating Narnia, making it more prosperous and postmodern\u2014just like the Ape and the Calormenes do in&nbsp;<em>The Last Battle<\/em>&nbsp;even as they are ushering Narnia closer and closer to its end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/manifoldwitness.org\/blog\/the-wonder-of-an-eclipse\/\">The Wonder of an Eclipse<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"fd4f6d6d-c7c8-4a61-9bda-92e57bf016a2\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was the eclipse already a year ago? &#8220;A total eclipse is the product of extreme precision and timing. 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