{"id":45556,"date":"2022-03-12T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=45556"},"modified":"2022-03-12T00:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T06:30:48","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=45556","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (March 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May God bless you as you serve and worship him this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>There are some new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> to browse through.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/is-it-unspiritual-to-be-depressed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Is It Unspiritual To Be Depressed?<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/learn\/articles\/can-christians-do-business-world\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Can Christians &#8216;Do Business&#8217; with the World?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent decades, a number of prominent Christian organizations and denominations have called for Christians to boycott businesses that are associated in some way with non-Christian ethics.\u201d This article asks whether this is necessary.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.desiringgod.org\/link\/10732\/15143189\/did-we-kiss-purity-goodbye\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Did We Kiss Purity Goodbye?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There are some interesting reflections here on the successes and failures of purity culture. \u201cCalls for sexual purity were (and are) biblical and needed. Even in the midst of the good that was done through lots of preaching and discipleship during those years, several lies seemed to spread in the renewed emphasis on purity \u2014 each laced with enough truth to be taken seriously and yet with enough deceit to lead some astray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/emotionally-healthy-ministry-worker\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">4 Traits of an Emotionally Healthy Ministry Worker<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Eliza Huie affirms the importance of spiritual health but says \u201cspiritual vitality is not the only area of health ministry workers need to pursue. Your emotional health is also essential. Below are four traits of emotionally healthy people for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May God bless you as you serve and worship him this weekend. There are some new Kindle deals to browse through. (Yesterday on the blog: Is It Unspiritual To Be Depressed?) Can Christians \u2018Do Business\u2019 with the World? \u201cIn recent decades, a number of prominent Christian organizations and denominations have called for Christians to boycott businesses that are associated in some way with non-Christian ethics.\u201d This article asks whether this is necessary. Did We Kiss Purity Goodbye? 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