{"id":120072,"date":"2025-04-20T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=120072"},"modified":"2025-04-21T00:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:26:16","slug":"a-la-carte-april-21-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=120072","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"1e659038-53c9-4564-8da4-5ccdb3d84b16\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning. Grace and peace to you.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"dc1b4e35-121e-4878-b33c-817a993463ec\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some excellent picks about our current cultural moment. Be sure to consider Carl Trueman&#8217;s <em>Strange New World<\/em>, Ray Ortlund&#8217;s <em>The Death of Porn<\/em>, and Brett McCracken&#8217;s <em>The Wisdom Pyramid<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gospelforlife.com\/the-problem-with-habits-and-why-we-still-need-them\/?ref=dashhouse.com\">The Problem With Habits (And Why We Still Need Them)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"298e5310-25a5-4a79-b458-82021585a48d\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darryl explains why habits matter so much but can also be problematic. In short, &#8220;Spiritual disciplines, while necessary, risk becoming empty routines that distract from their true purpose: bringing us closer to God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gracebc.ca\/blog\/2025\/4\/16\/is-it-wrong-for-christians-to-choose-cremation?ref=dashhouse.com\">Is It Wrong for Christians to Choose Cremation?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"8b570993-05b9-4e4c-9598-6ad51e7fe104\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a helpful overview of cremation and what the Bible says about it. &#8220;For most of church history, Christians never questioned whether to choose burial or cremation. In 1980 in Canada, only 6% of people opted for cremation\u2014and most of them would have been non-Christians. Today, that figure is over 75% and is a popular option among people of all faiths. How should Christians think about this trend?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newcreationinx.com\/2025\/04\/18\/why-does-your-church-meet-in-a-house\/\">Why Does Your Church Meet in a House?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"1749395c-940e-4e8d-87e4-dba0d9280a28\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without demanding or even necessarily recommending it for everyone, Paul explains why he is committed to churches meeting in houses. &#8220;Well, we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Toxic servant leadership \/ Taking our stress to the Lord \/ The problem with habits \/ Is it wrong for Christians to choose cremation? \/ Why does your church meet in a house? \/ Big book and Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (April 9)A La Carte (January 29)A La Carte (December 23)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":120089,"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-120072","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\/04\/cover-a-la-carte-mon-a-1-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120072","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=120072"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120091,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120072\/revisions\/120091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}