{"id":55110,"date":"2022-12-07T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=55110"},"modified":"2022-12-07T00:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T06:04:14","slug":"a-la-carte-december-7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=55110","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has been a slow couple of days for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a>, but we will hope for better things tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dennyburk.com\/farewell-charlie-brown-christmas\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Farewell, Charlie Brown Christmas<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed Denny Burk&#8217;s lament that <em>A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em> will no longer be shown on network television.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/untangling-theology-from-digital-technology\/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Untangling Theology from Digital Technology<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This one is going to take some time for you to read, but it&#8217;s worth the effort. &#8220;Obviously, it\u2019s impossible to know for certain what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune will bring to Big Tech. There\u2019s good reason to believe that the current landscape will shift dramatically. Regardless, the volatile state of our technological overlords is reason enough to ask some serious questions about how these apps may have muscled their way into a place in our Christian lives \u2014 and damaged our institutions and souls in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/7-encouragements-in-the-christian-struggle-for-perseverance\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">7 Encouragements in the Christian Struggle for Perseverance<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Endurance, with its synonyms (perseverance, long-suffering, or patience) appears throughout the Bible as a Christian virtue. It is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Christians have a duty to endure. How, then, do we ready ourselves for it?&#8221; Writing for TGC Africa, John Musyimi offers seven suggestions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epm.org\/blog\/2022\/Dec\/5\/subjective-feelings-need-truth\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Why Our Subjective Feelings Need<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a slow couple of days for\u00a0Kindle deals, but we will hope for better things tomorrow. Farewell, Charlie Brown Christmas I enjoyed Denny Burk\u2019s lament that A Charlie Brown Christmas will no longer be shown on network television. 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