{"id":60177,"date":"2023-04-26T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=60177"},"modified":"2023-04-26T00:52:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T05:52:23","slug":"a-la-carte-april-26-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=60177","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re in the market for some kids\u2019 books, be sure to take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2023-enews\/new-growth-press-new-and-noteworthy-kids-titles?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">this sale<\/a> at Westminster Books.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/end-of-the-global-south\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">End of the Global South? Updating the State of World Missions<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we are witnessing today through the work of globe-trotting researchers and travel-worn academics is the glorious drama of God\u2019s unfolding worldwide redemption. The Spirit is blowing where he pleases, the kingdoms of the world are continuing to enter the kingdom of the Lord from the east and the west, the north and the south, and the nations are singing the praises of God.&#8221; This is a long but valuable read.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/gafcon-iv-lessons\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">GAFCON IV: Lessons from a Communion in Birth Pains<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And in perhaps a similar vein, here&#8217;s another encouraging report from the Anglican world.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/radiusinternational.org\/caste-and-church\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">\u201cCaste and Church Growth Assessment\u201d by Aubrey M. Sequeira<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Come to TRC23 to hear Aubrey on \u201cEmptying the Cross of Its Power: Honor\/Shame and the Gospel of Christ.\u201d While honor\/shame concepts can be helpful for cross-cultural workers to know, it remains the handmaiden to the doctrines that Scripture sets forth for all cultures and times. (Sponsored Link)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/buildingjerusalem.blog\/2023\/04\/25\/stop-calling-faithfulness-a-sacrifice\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=stop-calling-faithfulness-a-sacrifice\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Stop calling faithfulness a sacrifice<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to stop calling obedience and faithfulness to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re in the market for some kids\u2019 books, be sure to take a look at this sale at Westminster Books. End of the Global South? Updating the State of World Missions \u201cWhat we are witnessing today through the work of globe-trotting researchers and travel-worn academics is the glorious drama of God\u2019s unfolding worldwide redemption. The Spirit is blowing where he pleases, the kingdoms of the world are continuing to enter the kingdom of the Lord from the east and \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":60185,"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-60177","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\/04\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-WED_5-3-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60177","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=60177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60187,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60177\/revisions\/60187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}