{"id":124192,"date":"2025-08-01T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=124192"},"modified":"2025-08-01T23:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T04:11:48","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=124192","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (August 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"f86ac7b9-a264-48ee-9ed8-aa3eeeb54297\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My gratitude goes to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/us\/\">Banner of Truth<\/a> for sponsoring the blog this week. Banner publishes many wonderful books from the present day and days past, including <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/us\/store\/collected-workssets\/the-works-of-john-owen-9\/\">The Works of John Owen<\/a><\/em> and the slightly modernized adaptation, <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/us\/store\/christian-living\/gospel-life\/\">Gospel Life<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"69798c5c-075c-4d77-ae5d-fd79aa715785\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include excellent choices by Sproul, Tozer, Elliot, and more.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"89b8eb84-443c-4ebc-ab12-d01e8493c55c\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/resources\/new-and-notable\/\">10 New and Notable Christian Books for July 2025<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/why-i-dont-like-the-term-homeschool\">Why I Don&#8217;t Like the Term &#8220;Homeschool&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a2aa7347-2a2b-46eb-b8cb-3a99f30d27d7\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think the debate within Christian circles of public vs. private vs. homeschool is tired and often unhelpful. If we recognized that parents are, after the Holy Spirit, their children\u2019s primary educators, and then recognize that a full human life is nurtured within the home and family and then expands to neighborhood, church, village, and beyond, then, perhaps, our discussions would be on firmer footing. How ought a human person be formed for a flourishing life?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/the-remarkably-successful-7-point-plan-from-40-years-ago-to-normalize-homosexuality\/\">The Remarkably Successful 7-Point Plan From 40 Years Ago to Normalize Homosexuality<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b956e7ae-872b-46dd-80b3-84ecf0fe869f\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justin Taylor explains the 7-point plan from 40 years ago that very successfully normalized homosexuality. &#8220;God\u2019s truth does not change, but culture does. 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