{"id":49940,"date":"2022-07-09T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=49940"},"modified":"2022-07-09T00:49:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T05:49:44","slug":"weekend-a-la-carte-july-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=49940","title":{"rendered":"Weekend A La Carte (July 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p>May you know God&#8217;s richest blessings as you serve and worship him this weekend.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.str.org\/w\/richard-dawkins-is-partly-right-about-pro-life-people\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Richard Dawkins Is (Partly) Right about Pro-Life People<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Richard Dawkins is right.&#8221; That&#8217;s not something you hear often from a site dedicated to apologetics. 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