{"id":33373,"date":"2021-04-21T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=33373"},"modified":"2021-04-21T00:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T05:35:12","slug":"a-la-carte-april-21-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=33373","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace and peace to you today!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/when-martyn-lloyd-jones-confronted-a-negative-pastor\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">When Martyn Lloyd-Jones Confronted a Pastor Who Loved Controversy and Denunciation<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is an interesting description of a key meeting between Martyn Lloyd-Jones and T.T. Shields.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/dashhouse.com\/beware-the-deadly-weed-of-cynicism\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Beware the Deadly Weed of Cynicism<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Darryl Dash: &#8220;When I was in my thirties, I became cynical. I think it began with reading some books that were critical of church. I\u2019m not sure. Soon I became a critic of the church while leading a church. I called it subversive back then; I think I\u2019d call it disingenous now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/gentlereformation.com\/2021\/04\/19\/why-circumcision\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Why Circumcision?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Barry York offers a biological yet also biblical definition of circumcision, then considers &#8220;three chief reasons why God Himself chose this crass act to represent beautiful truths of the gospel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thecripplegate.com\/god-detests-the-worship-of-the-wicked\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">God Detests the Worship of the Wicked<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We may have sympathy for those who worship falsely. But, as Jordan Standridge points out here, God detests false worship. &#8220;The fact of the matter is that God from the creation of the world, rejects people\u2019s worship. 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