{"id":44856,"date":"2022-02-21T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=44856"},"modified":"2022-02-21T00:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T06:18:53","slug":"a-la-carte-february-21-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=44856","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (February 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy Family Day to my fellow Canadians (who live in provinces that mark it). Happy Monday to everyone else!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some excellent books for teens and young adults.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/the-power-of-true-holiness\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">The Power of True Holiness<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/the-netflix-dilemma\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Netflix Dilemma<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The &#8216;post-liberal&#8217; condition we\u2019re experiencing is, I think, closely tied to the choice dilemma. In other words, when human beings experience maximal self-determining liberty AND a virtually limitless set of options, more often than not the result will be frustration, not happiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/pornography-acceptable-sin\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Pornography Use Is Becoming an \u2018Acceptable\u2019 Sin<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A recent poll shows pornography is affecting relationships between men and women\u2014and reveals how indulging in porn is becoming an acceptable sin.&#8221; Joe Carter expresses concern.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/gentlereformation.com\/2022\/02\/18\/the-curious-ways-of-god\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Curious Ways of God<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The other week I came across one of those sayings that sticks in your mind and makes you think: \u2018An expert hits a target no-one else can hit; a genius hits a target no-one else can see.\u2019 It struck me that there is a third level we could add: \u2018the Lord hits a target no-one else can even imagine.\u2019&#8221; I like that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/entrustedtothedirt.com\/2022\/02\/20\/a-path-for-marrying-and-burying\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Path for Marrying and Burying<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you let them give me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Family Day to my fellow Canadians (who live in provinces that mark it). Happy Monday to everyone else! Today\u2019s Kindle deals include some excellent books for teens and young adults. (Yesterday on the blog: The Power of True Holiness) The Netflix Dilemma \u201cThe \u2018post-liberal\u2019 condition we\u2019re experiencing is, I think, closely tied to the choice dilemma. In other words, when human beings experience maximal self-determining liberty AND a virtually limitless set of options, more often than not the result \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":44864,"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-44856","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\/2022\/02\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-MON_1-3-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44856","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=44856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44866,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44856\/revisions\/44866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}