{"id":42100,"date":"2021-12-07T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=42100"},"modified":"2021-12-07T00:49:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T06:49:11","slug":"a-la-carte-december-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=42100","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May the God of love and peace be with you on this fine day.<\/p>\n<p>At Westminster Books this week you can get a deal on Richard Gamble&#8217;s massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2021-enews\/the-whole-counsel-of-god?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">three-volume series<\/a>\u00a0on the whole counsel of God.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/what-matters-is-not-the-size-of-your-faith\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">What Matters Is Not the Size of Your Faith<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/buildingjerusalem.blog\/2021\/12\/06\/stop-binding-consciences-and-marking-spirituality-by-christmas-celebrations\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Stop Binding Consciences And Marking Spirituality By Christmas Celebrations<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is a good and necessary reminder. &#8220;Christmas is not in the Bible. You don\u2019t have to do it and you don\u2019t have to avoid it either. We are entirely free. Your spiritual temperature is not determined by whether you celebrate Christmas or not. Neither does your love for Jesus depend on whether you manage to make Jesus the absolute epicentre of your celebration, with every bauble reflecting gospel truth, or you just enjoy having a nice time and give thanks to God for it like you would any other enjoyable thing. None of it, really, tells you very much about your love for Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/textandcanon.org\/the-gospel-of-jesus-wife-fiasco\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife Fiasco<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never read about the fiasco related to Jesus&#8217; supposed wife, this article may be of interest. (Also consider reading the book <em>Veritas<\/em> which offers far more detail).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May the God of love and peace be with you on this fine day. At Westminster Books this week you can get a deal on Richard Gamble\u2019s massive three-volume series\u00a0on the whole counsel of God. (Yesterday on the blog: What Matters Is Not the Size of Your Faith) Stop Binding Consciences And Marking Spirituality By Christmas Celebrations This is a good and necessary reminder. \u201cChristmas is not in the Bible. 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