{"id":40974,"date":"2021-11-08T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=40974"},"modified":"2021-11-08T00:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T06:37:02","slug":"a-la-carte-november-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=40974","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (November 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/quotes\/saved-by-the-quivering-of-an-eye-lid\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Saved By the Quivering Of an Eye-Lid<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/we-cant-talk-about-purity-culture\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">We Can&#8217;t Talk About Purity Culture without Talking About the 1990s<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy Samuel James&#8217;s reflections, whether on the past or the contemporary world. This new one is about purity culture.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/wordforword.home.blog\/2021\/11\/06\/every-day-i-climb-the-mountain\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Every Day I Climb The Mountain<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What if this momentary affliction that I experience every year is actually- in my weakness- giving God the opportunity to prepare me for something better? Maybe the darkness I face, part of the turmoil of this world, is the very thing that pushes me to seek God\u2019s light and strength in ways that I otherwise wouldn\u2019t have bothered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thewaitingcountry.substack.com\/p\/resurrection-somehow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Resurrection Somehow<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You will appreciate this reflection on the resurrection. &#8220;Not once in all his writings does he vacillate on the certainty of resurrection &#8211; in the experience of our Lord and, therefore, in that of his people. The principle is as firmly-tied to the person and work of the Saviour as it is possible to be, but the process, the actualising of resurrection for the believer, remains shrouded in a mystery that Paul is content<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Yesterday on the blog: Saved By the Quivering Of an Eye-Lid) We Can\u2019t Talk About Purity Culture without Talking About the 1990s I really enjoy Samuel James\u2019s reflections, whether on the past or the contemporary world. This new one is about purity culture. 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