{"id":50037,"date":"2022-07-12T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=50037"},"modified":"2022-07-12T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T05:51:09","slug":"a-la-carte-july-12-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=50037","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (July 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p>May the God of love and peace be with you today.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/a-tragedy-at-sea\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">A Tragedy at Sea<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/do-christians-leave-behind-the-basics\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Making Sense of Hebrews 6:1\u20132<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I appreciate David Mathis&#8217;s perspective on Hebrews 6:1-2. &#8220;Most commentators read this command as a summons to advance beyond basic Christian teachings. A close look at Hebrews 6:1\u20132 within the context of the whole letter, however, uncovers several problems with the typical interpretation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/buildingjerusalem.blog\/2022\/06\/17\/we-need-to-be-more-sparing-about-when-we-shout-fire\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">We need to be more sparing about when we shout \u2018fire\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Stephen writes about &#8220;a certain brand of Christian. They rarely need much encouraging to get all in a lather about something. And it is especially easy to work them up if you mention \u2018the government\u2019 or \u2018law\u2019 in the same sentence. Any supposed government plan to do almost anything inevitably leads to shrieks and horror.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/women.pcacdm.org\/breathe-our-father-in-heaven-2\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Our Father in Heaven<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We must never lose the wonder of calling God our Father!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/gracetothenation.wordpress.com\/2022\/06\/17\/the-preciousness-of-christ-to-his-people-above-everything\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The preciousness of Christ to his people above everything<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this article, I am going to give a glimpse of why Christ is indeed the greatest treasure to believers above any earthly treasure.&#8221; We could all use that reminder, I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/womenstudyingtheword.com\/2022\/06\/16\/bad-spies\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Bad Spies<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you ever secretly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May the God of love and peace be with you today. (Yesterday on the Blog: A Tragedy at Sea) Making Sense of Hebrews 6:1\u20132 I appreciate David Mathis\u2019s perspective on Hebrews 6:1-2. \u201cMost commentators read this command as a summons to advance beyond basic Christian teachings. 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