{"id":33918,"date":"2021-05-06T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=33918"},"modified":"2021-05-06T00:17:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:17:29","slug":"a-la-carte-may-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=33918","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (May 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace and peace to you today.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a nice little list of titles from Crossway.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/glean-among-the-sheaves\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">We Always Glean Among the Sheaves<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/sylviaschroeder.com\/when-mom-forgot-me\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">When Mom Forgot Me<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Where do you live?&#8217; she asked. Wind whipped her white curls into a crown around her head against a blur of golden wheat fields as we sailed along the dirt road. I glanced her way. She sat slightly hunched in the passenger seat. We\u2019d been catching up while I drove. Two long years had passed. I returned home to a widowed mom, visibly aged and mourning the loss of a husband and father we both loved. &#8216;She gets confused sometimes,&#8217; my brothers told me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccef.org\/the-dull-conversation\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Dull Conversation<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ed Welch reflects on the importance of even dull conversations. &#8220;Some conversations are just less interesting than others. The simple facts of a person\u2019s day\u2014the route to work, the morning snack, the spilled coffee\u2014are not interesting unless they reveal something about the person who lived those details.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A8IKRjUhMFM\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">How Many Wills Does God Have? (Video)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>R.C. Sproul&#8217;s answer to this question is really helpful.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thecripplegate.com\/we-need-the-faith-of-noah\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">We Need the Faith of Noah<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can you imagine being Noah and seeing that first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace and peace to you today. Today\u2019s Kindle deals include a nice little list of titles from Crossway. 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