{"id":16150,"date":"2020-04-16T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T10:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=16150"},"modified":"2020-04-16T05:22:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T10:22:50","slug":"a-la-carte-april-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=16150","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As usual, there are some Kindle deals<\/a> today for those of you who collect books that way. As for me, the books are piling up as I’ve had trouble focusing lately—somehow reading has become strangely difficult. But then I do go through phases with reading…<\/p>\n

(Yesterday on the blog: A Prayer Guide for Pastors<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Is It a Sin to Fear COVID-19? (Video)<\/a> <\/p>\n

Here’s John MacArthur on whether or not it’s a sin to be afraid of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important<\/a> <\/p>\n

This simulation shows why distancing matters and also shows just how far coughs and sneezes spread. Ugh. (See also: The Next Coronavirus Testing Debacle<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Our Quiet Times are Rarely as Quiet as they Appear<\/a> <\/p>\n

I appreciate Doug Eaton’s look at what’s going on “behind the scenes” when we sit down for our quiet times. “If someone were to walk by, they would see a man at rest on the Lord’s day. He is sitting quietly, soaking up the sun on a beautiful spring day. The birds are singing, and a pleasant breeze is blowing. His posture is relaxed, and in his lap sits his Bible.” But…<\/p>\n

What Is the Prayer of Faith?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As usual, there are some Kindle deals today for those of you who collect books that way. As for me, the books are piling up as I\u2019ve had trouble focusing lately\u2014somehow reading has become strangely difficult. But then I do go through phases with reading\u2026 (Yesterday on the blog: A Prayer Guide for Pastors) Is It a Sin to Fear COVID-19? (Video) Here\u2019s John MacArthur on whether or not it\u2019s a sin to be afraid of COVID-19. This 3-D Simulation \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":16158,"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-16150","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\/2020\/04\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-THURS_3-2-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16150","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=16150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16160,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16150\/revisions\/16160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}