{"id":61360,"date":"2023-05-30T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=61360"},"modified":"2023-05-30T00:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:26:42","slug":"a-la-carte-may-30-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=61360","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (May 30)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning!<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t check in yesterday, you&#8217;ll want to take a quick look at the updated list of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/the-calm-will-be-the-better\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">The Calm Will Be the Better<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/7-reasons-why-your-church-should-engage-in-door-to-door-evangelism\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">7 Reasons Why Your Church Should Engage in Door-to-Door Evangelism<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Door-to-door evangelism tends to get a bad rap, and many Christians question its effectiveness. 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