{"id":44722,"date":"2022-02-17T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=44722"},"modified":"2022-02-17T01:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:02:47","slug":"a-la-carte-february-17-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=44722","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (February 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace and peace to you on this fine day.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/a-message-for-young-women\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">A Message for Young Women<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ploughmansrest.com\/blog\/2022\/2\/15\/faith-like-a-beach-house\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Faith Like A Beach House<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You may identify with this. &#8220;I had foolishly thought that time would be the vehicle of sanctification, that being an older Christian would automatically make me a more Christ-like Christian. But it hasn\u2019t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/the-only-topic-more-controversial\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Only Topic More Controversial Than Religion or Politics<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are all dependent on parenting to wean us off of immature thinking. The world we are looking at right now, however, is in large degree a reflection of a major shift in parenting.&#8221; Interesting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y7oZPWll_U0\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Does God love me just the way I am?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ligon Duncan provides a really good answer to this question.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.desiringgod.org\/link\/10732\/15083694\/discipled-by-everyone-and-no-one\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Discipled by Everyone and No One<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Round the turn of the century, some 20 years ago, well-informed citizens might claim 20 sources of news. They\u2019d watch a national and local TV news program, pick up a newspaper delivery or two each morning, wait each week or month on a few magazine subscriptions, forward some emails with bizarre threats, and tune in during morning and evening commutes to a talk radio station or two.&#8221; How different it is today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace and peace to you on this fine day. (Yesterday on the blog: A Message for Young Women) Faith Like A Beach House You may identify with this. \u201cI had foolishly thought that time would be the vehicle of sanctification, that being an older Christian would automatically make me a more Christ-like Christian. But it hasn\u2019t.\u201d The Only Topic More Controversial Than Religion or Politics \u201cWe are all dependent on parenting to wean us off of immature thinking. 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