{"id":35442,"date":"2021-06-18T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=35442"},"modified":"2021-06-18T00:19:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:19:20","slug":"a-la-carte-june-18-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=35442","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (June 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/the-palest-ink.com\/2021\/06\/08\/remembering-finn\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Remembering Finn<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I think you&#8217;ll enjoy reading Kristin&#8217;s memories of Finn.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/06\/christians-beware-the-blame-game\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Christians, Beware the Blame Game<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Carl Trueman comes through with another solid column here. &#8220;The church\u2019s exile from mainstream culture is going to be hard, but the Bible makes it clear that she wins in the end. The gates of hell shall not prevail against her. That is the source of our hope at this time, and so it is pastorally cruel and theologically irresponsible for Christians to obscure this truth with endless complaints about &#8216;the church\u2019s&#8217; past behavior and present inadequacies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/jared-c-wilson\/christ-our-strength-in-suffering\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Christ, Our Strength in Suffering<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jared Wilson says, &#8220;To suffer, with Christ, is a vastly superior life to never suffering without him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2021\/06\/religion-as-communal-solidarity-or-personal-identity\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Religion as \u201cCommunal Solidarity\u201d or \u201cPersonal Identity\u201d?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Gene Veith considers the distinction between religion as communal solidarity (as it used to be) and religion as personal identity (as it so often is today).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SouthernSeminary\/videos\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Norton Hall Band (Video)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SBTS&#8217;s Norton Hall Band has been releasing a series of new recordings of classic hymns and all of them are worth listening to.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/a-tragedy-in-london-whats-a-christian-to-do\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Tragedy in London: What\u2019s a Christian to<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Remembering Finn I think you\u2019ll enjoy reading Kristin\u2019s memories of Finn. Christians, Beware the Blame Game Carl Trueman comes through with another solid column here. \u201cThe church\u2019s exile from mainstream culture is going to be hard, but the Bible makes it clear that she wins in the end. The gates of hell shall not prevail against her. 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