{"id":23858,"date":"2020-09-08T05:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T10:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=23858"},"modified":"2020-09-08T06:11:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:11:02","slug":"a-la-carte-september-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=23858","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (September 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a pretty good selection. Take a look at yesterday\u2019s as well if you weren\u2019t checking in on the holiday.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/personal-reflections\/a-labour-day-personal-family-update\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">A Labour Day Personal\/Family Update<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thestateoftheology.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The State of Theology<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ligonier Ministries has released the results of their latest State of Theology survey. It tells what Americans know (and don\u2019t know) about the Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/matthiasmedia.com\/blogs\/news\/pressure\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Pressure<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I found this article helpful when thinking about evangelism.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epm.org\/blog\/2020\/Sep\/7\/be-careful-put-hope\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Be Careful What You Put Your Hope in, Including Politics<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Randy Alcorn: \u201cLike many of you, I am not looking forward to all the political turmoil, including in the church, that is sure to come as the presidential election gets closer. At the same time, this is an excellent opportunity for God\u2019s people to determine where our hope is placed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/entrustedtothedirt.com\/2020\/09\/06\/the-core-of-the-quranic-worldview\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Core of the Qur\u2019anic Worldview<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief look at the core tenets of the Qur\u2019anic worldview. \u201cAt the center of the Qur\u2019an\u2019s view of reality are three concepts: The oneness of God, the day of judgement, and prophethood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptistpress.com\/resource-library\/news\/pandemic-prompts-churches-to-consider-permanent-changes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Pandemic Prompts Churches To Consider Permanent Changes<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It is distressing yet not surprising to see that some churches are seeing the pandemic as an opportunity to launch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s Kindle deals include a pretty good selection. Take a look at yesterday\u2019s as well if you weren\u2019t checking in on the holiday. (Yesterday on the blog: A Labour Day Personal\/Family Update) The State of Theology Ligonier Ministries has released the results of their latest State of Theology survey. It tells what Americans know (and don\u2019t know) about the Christian faith. Pressure I found this article helpful when thinking about evangelism. Be Careful What You Put Your Hope in, Including \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":23866,"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-23858","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\/09\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-TUES20b-2-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23858","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=23858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23868,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23858\/revisions\/23868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}