{"id":53642,"date":"2022-10-31T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=53642"},"modified":"2022-10-31T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:40:08","slug":"a-la-carte-october-31-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=53642","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (October 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grace and peace to you on this Reformation Day.<\/p>\n<p>There is a <em>very<\/em> substantial list of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a>\u00a0today (in honor of Reformation Day).<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/how-we-worshipped-on-one-sunday-in-october\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">How We Worshipped on One Sunday in October<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilfordipc.co.uk\/toxic\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Toxic<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I appreciate this look at the use and over-use of the word \u201ctoxic.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a word that has invaded Christian speech, but could I suggest a moratorium on this adjective, please?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2022\/fall\/strategies-preaching-polarized-sermons-bridge-division.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Strategies for Preaching to the Polarized<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This article provides some pointers on preaching at a time of great polarization, even in churches. There are some good suggestions here.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/gift.ligonier.org\/2400\/legacy-luther?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=reformation+week\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Free eBook: The Legacy of Luther<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Today marks 505 years since Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses, effectively sparking the Protestant Reformation. How did an obscure Augustinian monk become the man God would use to set the world ablaze? Today, Ligonier Ministries is offering a free download of the ebook <em>The Legacy of Luther<\/em>, edited by R.C. Sproul and Stephen Nichols. Read this volume to explore Luther\u2019s life, teaching, and enduring influence. (Sponsored Link)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonseminary.org\/clear-your-desk\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Clear your desk!<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I think it would be useful for church leaders to read this article and see whether they see themselves described in it, perhaps especially in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace and peace to you on this Reformation Day. There is a very substantial list of\u00a0Kindle deals\u00a0today (in honor of Reformation Day). (Yesterday on the blog:\u00a0How We Worshipped on One Sunday in October) Toxic I appreciate this look at the use and over-use of the word \u201ctoxic.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a word that has invaded Christian speech, but could I suggest a moratorium on this adjective, please?\u201d Strategies for Preaching to the Polarized This article provides some pointers on preaching at a \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":53650,"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-53642","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\/10\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-MON_1-5-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53642","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=53642"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53652,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53642\/revisions\/53652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}