{"id":68149,"date":"2023-12-06T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=68149"},"modified":"2023-12-09T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:48:12","slug":"a-la-carte-december-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=68149","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/you-will-never-regret-the-sins-you-do-not-commit\/\">You Will Never Regret The Sins You Do Not Commit<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/style\/dave-rachel-hollis-disney-1ffac082?st=tsq395ns4dnk712&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" rel=\"noopener\">Behind the Tragic, Instagram-Perfect Life of an Ex-Disney Executive<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is such a tragic story that tells about the life and death of Dave Hollis (husband to influencer Rachel Hollis). &#8220;When Dave Hollis quit his plum Disney job to join his wife Rachel\u2019s self-help empire, the pair built a business around sharing some of their darkest feelings on social media. The reality was even worse.&#8221; (I attempted to use a free link from WSJ so hopefully you&#8217;re able to open it properly.)<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/adfontesjournal.com\/web-exclusives\/ayaan-hirsi-ali-and-our-constantinian-moment\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Our Constantinian Moment<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Littlejohn has written an especially fascinating article. &#8220;It is a timely moment to reflect on the conversion of Constantine, because our civilization stands at a similar crossroads to that which confronted this Roman leader at Milvian Bridge. And many of our own seasoned leaders are making a similar gamble: Christianity alone can provide the glue to hold us together, the spiritual resources to revive our peoples.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stephenmcalpine.com\/dont-think-about-pink-elephants-when-gay-conservatives-go-rogue-on-orthodox-christianity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Don\u2019t Think About Pink Elephants: When Gay Conservatives Go Rogue on Orthodox Christianity<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a somewhat similar note, Stephen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Behind a tragic, Instagram-perfect life \/ Ayaan Hirsi Ali and our Constantian moment \/ don&#8217;t think about pink elephants \/ advice for someone about to enter seminary \/ a brief history of the Huguenots \/ blessed be the name of the Lord \/ Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoWeekend A La Carte (November 19)Weekend A La Carte (October 10)Weekend A La Carte (April 4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":68165,"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-68149","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\/12\/cover-a-la-carte-thu-a-1-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68149","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=68149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68167,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68149\/revisions\/68167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}