{"id":37426,"date":"2021-08-14T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=37426"},"modified":"2021-08-14T00:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T05:22:06","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-august-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=37426","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (August 14)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May you know the Lord\u2019s sweetest blessings as you serve and worship him this weekend.<\/p>\n

There are some classics listed in today’s\u00a0Kindle deals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Yesterday on the blog: A Mid-August Family Update<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Just Call Me Old-Fashioned<\/a> <\/p>\n

“Many people who would label themselves a progressive Christian\u2014which is an oxymoron, if we can be honest\u2014would paint those who believe the whole Bible as fundamentalists. Or old-fashioned. Either way, whatever word they use is meant as a pejorative.”<\/p>\n

Blasphemy and the Church<\/a> <\/p>\n

Justin Poythress says that “if there is any commandment that is broken more consistently, habitually, historically, and egregiously by Christians than by non-Christians, it is the third commandment.”<\/p>\n

Godless Productivity<\/a> <\/p>\n

“Get proper sleep. Organize your day. Get exercise. Watch your diet. Limit distractors. Draw boundaries. Get outside. Keep a calendar. Review each day. Set attainable goals. Say \u201cno\u201d to good things. Detach from screens.\u00a0So run secular productivity and self-help books…”<\/p>\n

Ligonier Ministries<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ligonier Ministries has launched a beautiful new site. It’s worth spending some time on it and exploring the many (many!) resources.<\/p>\n

What Does It Mean to Pray \u2018Hallowed Be Your Name\u2019?<\/a> <\/p>\n

Colin Smith explains that “to pray \u2018hallowed be Your name\u2019 means to ask God to let<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May you know the Lord\u2019s sweetest blessings as you serve and worship him this weekend. There are some classics listed in today\u2019s\u00a0Kindle deals. (Yesterday on the blog: A Mid-August Family Update) Just Call Me Old-Fashioned \u201cMany people who would label themselves a progressive Christian\u2014which is an oxymoron, if we can be honest\u2014would paint those who believe the whole Bible as fundamentalists. Or old-fashioned. Either way, whatever word they use is meant as a pejorative.\u201d Blasphemy and the Church Justin Poythress \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":37434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-37426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-a-la-carte","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-WEEKEND20b_0-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37436,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37426\/revisions\/37436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}