{"id":62734,"date":"2023-07-06T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=62734"},"modified":"2023-07-06T01:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:13:38","slug":"a-la-carte-july-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=62734","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (July 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May the Lord be with you and bless you on this fine day.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/gentlereformation.com\/2023\/07\/03\/a-short-treatise-on-slavery\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">A Short Treatise on Slavery<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As he has preached his way through Ephesians, Barry has had to consider what the Bible says about slavery. Here are some of his reflections.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/patsykuipers.com\/2023\/07\/02\/prowling-about\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Prowling About<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Patsy draws a comparison between a prowling cat in her yard and that prowling lion who seeks to devour us.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagebooks.org\/products\/the-complete-works-of-thomas-boston-12-volumes-boston.html#interview\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLearn what authentic Christian ministry looks like, feels like, and sounds like.\u201d \u2014Sinclair Ferguson<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Scottish theologian Thomas Boston\u2019s warm spirituality makes his\u00a0Complete Works\u00a0essential to any Christian\u2019s library. Read these newly reprinted gems to enrich your walk with Christ.\u00a0 (Sponsored Link)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dashhouse.com\/where-pastors-find-their-worth\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Where Pastors Find Their Worth<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Darryl has a word for pastors. &#8220;Pastors are tempted to get their identity and sense of worth from ministry success. If church goes well, and people approve of us, we feel good about ourselves. If church doesn\u2019t go well, and people dislike us, we tend to feel like failures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingtogod.com\/7-3-22-how-to-live-for-god-through-fear-of-failure\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">How to Live for God Through the Fear of Failure<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is success? And what is failure? Success may be defined as the fulfillment of a purpose or desire. We make a plan, the plan works, and we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May the Lord be with you and bless you on this fine day. A Short Treatise on Slavery As he has preached his way through Ephesians, Barry has had to consider what the Bible says about slavery. Here are some of his reflections. Prowling About Patsy draws a comparison between a prowling cat in her yard and that prowling lion who seeks to devour us. \u201cLearn what authentic Christian ministry looks like, feels like, and sounds like.\u201d \u2014Sinclair Ferguson Scottish \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":62742,"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-62734","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\/07\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-THURS20b_0-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62734","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=62734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62744,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62734\/revisions\/62744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}