{"id":52732,"date":"2022-10-03T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=52732"},"modified":"2022-10-03T00:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:35:59","slug":"a-la-carte-october-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=52732","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (October 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Logos user, be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/partners.faithlife.com\/click.track?CID=437858&amp;AFID=464975\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">free and nearly-free<\/a> book of the month. At the very least you&#8217;ll get an excellent commentary for free!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a long list of titles from Crossway and Zondervan.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/7-beautiful-things\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">7 Beautiful Things<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.str.org\/w\/a-principle-for-conversational-prayer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Principle for Conversational Prayer<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Greg Koukl: &#8220;Let me start with a frank admission: Prayer is difficult for me. Some things come easily, but prayer is not one of them. Of course, this does not make prayer optional in the least. It simply means I have to work harder at it to be consistent and effective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ftc.co\/resource-library\/articles\/surgeons-of-the-soul\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Surgeons of the Soul<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have such good news in our possession of grace, truth, beauty, and everlasting Paradise offered to all who anchor their trust in the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Is it because we don\u2019t think it will be received as good news? Are we afraid it will offend someone and rock the boat?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reformation21.org\/blog\/can-we-overemphasize-the-cross\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Can We Overemphasize the Cross?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is it possible to undervalue Christ\u2019s sufferings by overemphasizing the cross?&#8221; I suppose so if we underemphasize Jesus&#8217; life.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/vaticanfiles.org\/en\/2022\/10\/vf206\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">New Cardinals for the Future Conclave<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the reigning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a Logos user, be sure to check out the free and nearly-free book of the month. At the very least you\u2019ll get an excellent commentary for free! Today\u2019s Kindle deals include a long list of titles from Crossway and Zondervan. 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