{"id":36524,"date":"2021-07-19T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=36524"},"modified":"2021-07-19T01:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T06:00:06","slug":"a-la-carte-july-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=36524","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (July 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning. May grace and peace be with you today.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s quite a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> to sort through today.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/quotes\/a-prayer-for-a-wanderer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">A Prayer for a Wanderer<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebridgehead.ca\/2021\/07\/07\/we-the-screamers-why-pro-lifers-seem-obsessed-with-abortion\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">We the Screamers: Why Pro-Lifers Seem Obsessed with Abortion<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jonathon Van Maren explains why pro-lifers often seem obsessed with abortion. &#8220;How do you convey to people that abortion isn\u2019t a <em>cause<\/em> so much as an <em>emergency<\/em>? How do you explain that this destruction is happening here, now, all around us? That silent screams stifled by mothers\u2019 bodies end in crimson tide of death in clinics in every major city while millions go about their lives around the deathly quiet carnage? It all sounds so melodramatic, so unreal\u2014<em>unless it is true<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/love-your-imperfect-pastors\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Love Your (Imperfect) Pastors<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Abigail Dodds: &#8220;How should Christians respond to their pastors? <em>Respect them. Esteem them. Love them.<\/em> To that end, consider three pitfalls to avoid as we relate to our pastors, so that we are able to show proper respect as we esteem them very highly in love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acts29.com\/how-are-we-to-think-about-residential-schools\/?utm_source=pocket_mylist\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">How Are We to Think about Residential Schools?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s former residential schools have made headlines around the world recently. In this article, Sam Whitehawk provides his perspective<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning. May grace and peace be with you today. There\u2019s quite a lot of Kindle deals to sort through today. 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