{"id":36717,"date":"2021-07-24T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=36717"},"modified":"2021-07-24T01:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T06:00:15","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-july-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=36717","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (July 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May the Lord of peace bless you richly as you serve him and worship him this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to express my gratitude to The Good Book Company for sponsoring the blog this week with news of some of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/sponsored\/how-bible-reading-habits-have-changed-throughout-history\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">biblical, relevant, and accessible resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I found a good number of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a>\u00a0for today.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/the-touch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">The Touch<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/rejoicingwiththetruth.com\/why-does-god-allow-the-righteous-to-suffer\/?utm_source=pocket_mylist\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Why Does God Allow the Righteous to Suffer?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Suffering is universal. Whether it is a debilitating disease, the loss of income, fleeing the land of your birth or the death of a loved one; we all at some stage experience suffering. But often we are at a loss to explain the reality or purpose of suffering in our lives, especially as believers of an all-loving, omnipotent God. If he is all-loving and all-powerful, why does God allow the righteous to suffer?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccef.org\/am-i-responsible-for-my-husbands-sexual-sin\/?utm_source=pocket_mylist\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Am I Responsible for My Husband\u2019s Sexual Sin?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Darby Strickland looks at an issue that grieves a good number of wives. &#8220;Over the last few weeks, I have had several conversations with wives who were feeling guilt-ridden. 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