{"id":67335,"date":"2023-11-19T23:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=67335"},"modified":"2023-11-19T23:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T05:44:42","slug":"a-la-carte-november-20-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=67335","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (November 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning. Grace and peace to you today.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a number of books on apologetics.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/quotes\/a-prayer-for-times-of-anxiety\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">A Prayer for Times of Anxiety<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conrad Mbewe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cz1Yi0yNU-O\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">shared yesterday<\/a> that his son Mwansa has gone to be with the Lord. I know you&#8217;ll want to be in prayer for the Mbewe family.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/how-adoption-mirrors-gods-love-for-the-fatherless\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">How Adoption Mirrors God\u2019s Love for the Fatherless<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Amy DiMarcangelo: &#8220;Throughout history, God has faithfully used Christians to play a pivotal role in orphan care. Until Christ\u2019s return\u2014when he brings full restoration and makes all things new\u2014we\u2019re called to continue this work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/fightoffaithblog.com\/2023\/11\/17\/4-aspects-of-being-made-in-gods-image\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">4 Aspects of Being Made in God\u2019s Image<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s bound up in being made in God&#8217;s image? Doug explains here.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/urbansomers.wordpress.com\/2023\/11\/11\/lamenting-the-church-plant-fad\/?ref=dashhouse.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Lamenting the Church Plant Fad<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot tell you how thankful I am for the quality of church planting movements I have been a part of and a cheerleader for in the last decade across our country. I have seen a genuine uptick in church planting taking its rightful place as a critical value for many denomination and mission organizations. It is right and a beautiful answer to prayers for our nation. It also is in jeopardy of becoming a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning. Grace and peace to you today. Today\u2019s Kindle deals include a number of books on apologetics. (Yesterday on the blog: A Prayer for Times of Anxiety) Conrad Mbewe shared yesterday that his son Mwansa has gone to be with the Lord. I know you\u2019ll want to be in prayer for the Mbewe family. How Adoption Mirrors God\u2019s Love for the Fatherless Amy DiMarcangelo: \u201cThroughout history, God has faithfully used Christians to play a pivotal role in orphan care. \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":67343,"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-67335","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\/11\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-MON_1-2-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67335","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=67335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67345,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67335\/revisions\/67345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}