{"id":122630,"date":"2025-06-20T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=122630"},"modified":"2025-06-20T23:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:12:37","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=122630","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (June 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"3a7543ed-7711-4214-bfa1-c1f677a30660\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m grateful to the Cornerstone Broadcasting Conference for sponsoring the blog this week. You will want to consider their conference that is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjlu.org\/conference\">coming up in September<\/a> and featuring speakers like H.B. Charles Jr., Todd Friel, Ken Ham, and others.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"6432bfa2-976f-4178-b067-b486db467324\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a nice variety of books like <em>Urban Legends of the Old Testament<\/em> and <em>Making Room for Her<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"61221e4d-efee-411c-acc0-414547800c49\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/the-idol-of-popularity\/\">The Idol of Popularity<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/entrustedtothedirt.com\/2025\/06\/19\/honoring-those-weve-fallen-out-with\/\">Honoring Those We\u2019ve Fallen Out With<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"9bfe7013-f9de-4758-85ce-8101ddf9e22b\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The very human temptation after falling out with other Christians is to attempt to memory hole them. We try to speak and live as if they were not a significant part of our story. This is true even of church leaders and missionaries, who are, sadly, not at all immune to serious conflicts that lead to parting ways with formerly close friends and colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/opinions\/more-barbaric-than-the-incas-1750218539\">More Barbaric Than the Incas<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"41047bd2-cf8f-4a38-9506-7cfb02e2e9d1\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathon Van Maren points out a way in which our society is more barbaric than the ancient Incas. &#8220;The Incas and other Mesoamericans sacrificed human beings to their gods because they believed that children were the most valuable sacrifice they could make. 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