{"id":56190,"date":"2023-01-04T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=56190"},"modified":"2023-01-04T00:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:32:45","slug":"a-la-carte-january-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=56190","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (January 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May the Lord be with you and bless you today.<\/p>\n<p>CBD is having a sale in which many books are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/page\/promotion\/dollar-days?event=AFF&amp;amp;p=1028632\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">$6 or less<\/a>. That includes titles by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFF&amp;amp;p=1028632&amp;amp;item_no=981798\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Lutzer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFFp=&amp;item_no=250937\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Jeremiah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFFp=&amp;item_no=434496\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Walker<\/a>, [Mary] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFFp=&amp;item_no=982331\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Mohler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFF&amp;amp;p=1028632&amp;amp;item_no=565040\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Piper<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFF&amp;amp;p=1028632&amp;amp;item_no=567384\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">MacArthur<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFFp=&amp;item_no=528606\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Poythress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFFp=&amp;item_no=562533\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Ryken<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?event=AFFp=&amp;item_no=559590\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Leeman<\/a>, among others. It also includes lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/page\/promotion\/dollar-days\/dollar-days-bibles?event=AFF&amp;amp;p=1028632\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Bibles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevin-wax\/c-s-lewis-and-mrs-moore-a-relationship-of-sin-or-sanctification\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">C. S. Lewis and Mrs. Moore: Relationship of Sin or Sanctification?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is a fantastic bit of writing from Trevin Wax. &#8220;Every biographer of C. S. Lewis must face &#8216;the Mrs. Moore question&#8217; and decide what to make of the relationship the beloved writer had with a woman more than 25 years his senior who remained a major part of his life from the time he returned from the trenches of the Great War until her death in 1951.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ftc.co\/resource-library\/articles\/unraveling-the-riddle-of-rejoicing-always\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Unraveling the Riddle of Rejoicing Always<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Joe Allen: &#8220;Some Bible verses lend themselves quite well to becoming a tweet, a &#8216;life verse,&#8217; or the inside of a greeting card. But when we read the Bible looking for catchphrases and mottos, we risk mangling the meaning of the Bible and invariably miss out on important truths.&#8221; He goes on to write about the biblical commands about rejoicing in all circumstances.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theweeflea.com\/2023\/01\/02\/why-the-kings-christmas-speech-concerns-me-ct\/?fbclid=PAAaZUYo6g8nKe9jI-h9U-QdBARDZGL6Bm2qQzHwy2AKbjgMztAW-KLaSjQrw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Why the King\u2019s Christmas speech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May the Lord be with you and bless you today. CBD is having a sale in which many books are $6 or less. That includes titles by Lutzer, Jeremiah, Walker, [Mary] Mohler, Piper,\u00a0MacArthur,\u00a0Poythress, Ryken, and Leeman, among others. It also includes lots of Bibles. C. S. Lewis and Mrs. Moore: Relationship of Sin or Sanctification? This is a fantastic bit of writing from Trevin Wax. \u201cEvery biographer of C. S. Lewis must face \u2018the Mrs. Moore question\u2019 and decide what \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":56198,"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-56190","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\/2023\/01\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-WED_5-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56190","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=56190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56200,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56190\/revisions\/56200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}