{"id":66403,"date":"2023-10-25T23:01:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T04:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=66403"},"modified":"2023-10-26T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T05:00:35","slug":"a-la-carte-october-26-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=66403","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (October 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning from Anchorage, Alaska. I made the long journey out here yesterday and today will be making my way far along the Aleutians for yet another stop in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/worship-round-the-world-pressing-on\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Worship Round the World<\/a> journey.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/how-to-cheapen-a-marriage\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">How To Cheapen a Marriage<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/learn\/articles\/is-god-in-control-of-everything?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=articles-and-posts\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Is God in Control of Everything?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Christians (and especially Reformed Christians) have long professed that God is in control of everything. Do we really mean\u00a0<em>everything<\/em>? William Boekestein answers here.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/why-it-doesnt-matter-what-pauls-thorn-in-the-flesh-was\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Why It Doesn\u2019t Matter What Paul\u2019s Thorn in the Flesh Was<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is an encouraging reflection on Paul&#8217;s infamous &#8220;thorn.&#8221; &#8220;Paul saw two ways forward. The Lord could (1) remove the thorn, and Paul could get on with life and ministry; or (2) leave the thorn, and Paul would be forever crippled and slowed in life and ministry. The Lord responded with yet a third option: leave the thorn, but give Paul grace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/sethlewis.ie\/2023\/10\/25\/after-the-flood\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">After The Flood<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the children went to school last Wednesday, it was raining. This is Ireland. We\u2019re used to rain. Met \u00c9ireann gave an orange weather warning, but that almost always just means a bit of gusty wind or extra rain. I barely noticed. It wasn\u2019t until the afternoon that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning from Anchorage, Alaska. I made the long journey out here yesterday and today will be making my way far along the Aleutians for yet another stop in my Worship Round the World journey. (Yesterday on the blog: How To Cheapen a Marriage) Is God in Control of Everything? Christians (and especially Reformed Christians) have long professed that God is in control of everything. Do we really mean\u00a0everything? William Boekestein answers here. 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