{"id":55629,"date":"2022-12-20T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=55629"},"modified":"2022-12-20T00:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T06:02:21","slug":"a-la-carte-december-20-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=55629","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blessings to you today, my friends.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/christmas-hope-for-the-broken-hearted\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Christmas Hope for the Broken-Hearted<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/darlamcdavid.com\/2022\/12\/18\/sunset-symphony-gift\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Sunset, the Symphony, and the Gift<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Darla poignantly describes the discovery, misuse, and (eventually) proper use of a wonderful gift. &#8220;I was eight or nine when I received the gift and discovered that I could <em>make<\/em> music. I wasn\u2019t just listening or singing along. I was <em>making<\/em> it. With my hands, I could bring forth sounds that evoked \u2026 something. I couldn\u2019t put words to it then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dmichaelclary\/status\/1603403738093420544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1603403738093420544%7Ctwgr%5E4cc994649d97b3d28d66ef97bd31800345f5b568%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theamericanconservative.com%2Fthe-christian-wisdom-of-the-ignorant%2F\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Certain Kind of Evangelical Christian<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t often link to Twitter, but thought I&#8217;d make an exception for this thread from Michael Clary. It begins like this: &#8220;There once was a certain kind of evangelical Christian I felt free to make fun of. I was pastoring a fast growing church in an urban environment, and a spirit of elitism had infected us. No one would correct me on it because they made fun of them too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/interviews\/though-he-slay-me-why-the-silence-on-this-verse\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Though He Slay Me\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>John Piper comments on a key verse from the book of Job. &#8220;The first thing to say is that I love the truth \u2014 and it is <em>the truth<\/em>, spoken from God\u2019s own<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blessings to you today, my friends. (Yesterday on the blog: Christmas Hope for the Broken-Hearted) The Sunset, the Symphony, and the Gift Darla poignantly describes the discovery, misuse, and (eventually) proper use of a wonderful gift. \u201cI was eight or nine when I received the gift and discovered that I could make music. I wasn\u2019t just listening or singing along. I was making it. 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