{"id":46597,"date":"2022-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=46597"},"modified":"2022-04-11T00:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T05:45:39","slug":"a-la-carte-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=46597","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning! Grace and peace to you.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/quotes\/to-plumb-depths-that-have-no-bottom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">To Plumb Depths that Have No Bottom<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/interviews\/does-romans-7-describe-a-christian\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Does Romans 7 Describe a Christian?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m surprised it took almost 1800 episodes of Ask Pastor John to cover this one.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/articles\/freedom-not-to-speak-1649304233\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Freedom not to speak<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Janie Cheaney recounts a well-known tale from Acts, then says \u201cThe hysteria of crowds hasn\u2019t changed much. I\u2019m reminded of the Ephesian dustup after every widely reported campus disruption, like the one at Yale Law School on March 10.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ruthclemence.com\/2022\/04\/09\/my-journey-with-jesus-how-i-became-a-christian\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">My Journey with Jesus<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It often does us good to read how others became Christians\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/does-evangelicalism-have-a-history\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Does Evangelicalism Have a History?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Michael Reeves writes about the history of evangelicalism. And yes, it does have a history.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/au.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/is-easter-believable\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Is Easter Believable?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This article makes the argument that, indeed, it is.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/kevindeyoung.org\/a-call-for-enlightened-patriotism\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Call For \u201cEnlightened Patriotism\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Kevin DeYoung looks to the past and says, \u201cThe dream was not a Christian takeover of government, but a nation founded on God-given freedom, shaped by Christian values, and filled with Christian teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/i-wish-i-was-rich\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Flashback: I Wish I Was Rich<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Rather than spending your days dreaming about what you would do if you had more, spend your days working hard to make a living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning! Grace and peace to you. (Yesterday on the blog: To Plumb Depths that Have No Bottom) Does Romans 7 Describe a Christian? I\u2019m surprised it took almost 1800 episodes of Ask Pastor John to cover this one. Freedom not to speak Janie Cheaney recounts a well-known tale from Acts, then says \u201cThe hysteria of crowds hasn\u2019t changed much. I\u2019m reminded of the Ephesian dustup after every widely reported campus disruption, like the one at Yale Law School on \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":46605,"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-46597","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\/04\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-MON_1-2-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46597","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=46597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46607,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46597\/revisions\/46607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}