{"id":38948,"date":"2021-09-17T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=38948"},"modified":"2021-09-17T00:55:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T05:55:02","slug":"a-la-carte-september-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=38948","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (September 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace and peace to you today.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few books discounted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle<\/a> today, and I&#8217;m not sure that I&#8217;ve ever seen any of these titles on sale before.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/jared-c-wilson\/pride-in-the-name-of-love\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Pride (in the Name of Love)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jared Wilson: &#8220;Jesus was perfect, and yet he did not look down on others. I am ridiculously imperfect, but I do look down on others. Jesus was perfectly holy, and yet was not arrogant. I am frustratingly unholy, but I am arrogant a lot. Like, a lot.\u00a0I am not Jesus. But I do want to be like him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/sethlewis.ie\/2021\/09\/15\/the-ends-and-the-means\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Ends and the Means<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Seth Lewis considers how small things can lead to big things. &#8220;A quiet phone call. That\u2019s all it would take, and no one would know the difference. Except me. And my wife. And our friend. And God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/corechristianity.com\/resource-library\/articles\/there-is-power-in-counting-it-all-joy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">There Is Power in Counting It All Joy<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Paul Tautges: &#8220;To &#8216;count it all joy&#8217; does not refer to being happy about the trial itself. Nor does it take away your permission to grieve. James is not saying, &#8216;No matter how painful your loss is, you need to just put on a happy face. Pretend, if you have to. Don\u2019t let<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace and peace to you today. There are a few books discounted for Kindle today, and I\u2019m not sure that I\u2019ve ever seen any of these titles on sale before. Pride (in the Name of Love) Jared Wilson: \u201cJesus was perfect, and yet he did not look down on others. I am ridiculously imperfect, but I do look down on others. Jesus was perfectly holy, and yet was not arrogant. 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