{"id":122735,"date":"2025-06-23T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=122735"},"modified":"2025-06-23T23:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:10:21","slug":"a-la-carte-june-24-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=122735","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (June 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"71a12d5c-da19-40fc-9bf0-bf38e941bc12\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westminster Books has a deal on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2024-enews\/a-heart-aflame?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\">a book that sold out<\/a> before they could even promote it\u2014usually a good sign! <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"ba8073cc-8427-4717-a7bc-3a35c7a1ee65\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some excellent choices like Edmund Clowney&#8217;s <em>The Unfolding Mystery<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b188ea8d-9e9d-4ef6-945e-4c7559b143d9\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/being-the-best-you-can-be\/\">Being the Best You Can Be<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/dont-need-prayer-technique\/\">You Don\u2019t Need Another Prayer Technique<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4b09a113-5654-46cb-b59e-e2ae53dbe613\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prayer techniques can be very helpful, but as Cassie Watson expresses here, they are not the foundation of a good prayer life. <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cherylesperbalcom.com\/post\/is-god-disappointed-in-me-5-reasons-he-isn-t\">Is God Disappointed in Me?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4b2930ef-84b8-4dcb-93b8-ba9392c2b20b\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheryl writes for those who live with the low-grade sense that God is disappointed in them. &#8220;Though we long to love God and love others, it\u2019s easy to get caught up in the question of whether we\u2019re doing\u00a0<em>enough<\/em>\u00a0or doing it\u00a0<em>well<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theradicalreader.com\/dumb-dads\/\">Dumb Dads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"73d32c25-2c3e-442c-b863-a8cf8b45e57e\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chloe Ann writes primarily for younger readers and explains why the stereotype of the dumb dad is harming the archetype. &#8220;By watching movies, reading stories, and entertaining the distorted pictures of dumb dads as a stereotype, we have forgotten the archetype of fatherhood. 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