{"id":50150,"date":"2022-07-15T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=50150"},"modified":"2022-07-15T00:06:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T05:06:11","slug":"a-la-carte-july-15-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=50150","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (July 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Lord be with you and bless you today.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/nuakh.uk\/2022\/06\/06\/true-companions\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">True Companions<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the ancients, friendship was the crown of life and the school of virtue. To us, it\u2019s both of you clicking a button on Facebook. How far we have fallen.&#8221; Yes, but the situation is far from hopeless.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/satan-delights-in-church-growth-that-isnt-gospel-driven\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Satan Delights In Church Growth That Isn\u2019t Gospel Driven<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like every individual Christian, the Church\u2019s greatest enemy is Satan. He lives and continuously strives to deceive God\u2019s people, and to divert them from their God-given agenda and purpose. Though we could consider countless ways that Satan does this, in this article I\u2019m going to focus on one: quantitative church growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/textandcanon.org\/a-case-against-the-longer-ending-of-mark\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Case against the Longer Ending of Mark<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Some time ago I shared <a href=\"https:\/\/textandcanon.org\/a-case-for-the-longer-ending-of-mark\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">an argument<\/a> that made the case for the longer ending of Mark. Here&#8217;s a follow-up that makes a case against it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/solideogloria.me\/2022\/06\/27\/read-bible-60-minutes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">To Understand the Bible, Follow the World\u2019s Advice<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I read secular books. 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