{"id":33233,"date":"2021-04-17T04:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T09:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=33233"},"modified":"2021-04-17T04:46:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T09:46:06","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-april-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=33233","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (April 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning! May God bless and keep you as you serve him today and worship him tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> are largely about the classics.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/fierce-wolves-are-coming\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Fierce Wolves Are Coming<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/theology-free-speech\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Theology of Free Speech<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I consider Brad Littlejohn one of the most intriguing Christian intellectuals writing today and invariably benefit from his work. In this article at TGC he provides a theology of free speech. &#8220;As Christians, we must clearly affirm that freedom of speech can be a great good. But it is an instrumental good, a means to the end of proclaiming truth and encouraging righteousness. It is not an end in itself, as if the mere freedom to open our mouths were sacrosanct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ftc.co\/resource-library\/blog-entries\/there-will-most-assuredly-come-a-morning\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">There Will Most Assuredly Come A Morning<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is a sad but encouraging read. &#8220;Days after his death, we showed up to a church in town to mourn together and to celebrate a life too short but oh so meaningful. We wore our avocado pins because they were Finn\u2019s favorite food. We told stories and gave hugs and we worshiped God because that\u2019s what you do when you have no other answers. You lift your praise to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning! May God bless and keep you as you serve him today and worship him tomorrow. Today\u2019s Kindle deals are largely about the classics. (Yesterday on the blog: Fierce Wolves Are Coming) A Theology of Free Speech I consider Brad Littlejohn one of the most intriguing Christian intellectuals writing today and invariably benefit from his work. 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