{"id":22376,"date":"2020-08-06T05:01:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=22376"},"modified":"2020-08-06T05:56:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:56:23","slug":"a-la-carte-august-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=22376","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (August 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&rsquo;ve come to day 6 of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/why-i-need-to-spend-a-month-in-quarantine\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">first<\/a> 14-day quarantine. I&rsquo;ve been writing lots, but also reading some excellent pre-pub books: <em>Cynical Theories<\/em> (Helen Pluckrose &amp; James Lindsay), <em>Live Not by Lies<\/em> (Rod Dreher), and <em>The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self <\/em>(Carl Trueman). Each is compelling in its own way, and each helps explain the world we now live in.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to track down just one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deal<\/a> today, but it&rsquo;s a good one at least.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/is-white-fragility-a-helpful-resource-for-christians\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Is White Fragility a Helpful Resource for Christians?<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.str.org\/w\/how-2020-is-taking-a-toll-on-your-soul\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">How 2020 Is Taking a Toll on Your Soul<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Alan Shelmon promises &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to tell you something that will explain what you&rsquo;re likely feeling about this turbulent year.&rdquo; He includes this helpful quote, and reflects on it: &ldquo;Could it be that God didn&rsquo;t wire us to carry every event, taking place in every part of the world, at every moment, as if it were ours? Could it be that technology has produced a faux omniscience and omnipresence that is hurting mankind and not helping it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/image-god-restored\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Image of God&nbsp;Restored<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s Sinclair Ferguson&mdash;enough said!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Pjol3M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SAVE BIG ON SING! GLOBAL, AN IMMERSIVE DIGITAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve come to day 6 of my first 14-day quarantine. I\u2019ve been writing lots, but also reading some excellent pre-pub books: Cynical Theories (Helen Pluckrose &#038; James Lindsay), Live Not by Lies (Rod Dreher), and The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (Carl Trueman). Each is compelling in its own way, and each helps explain the world we now live in. I was able to track down just one Kindle deal today, but it\u2019s a good one at least. \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":22384,"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-22376","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\/08\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-THURS20b_0-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22376","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=22376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22386,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22376\/revisions\/22386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}