{"id":68955,"date":"2023-12-21T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=68955"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:14:34","slug":"a-la-carte-december-22-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=68955","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lord be with you and bless you today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westminster Books wants to help you get the new year off to a strong start, so have put <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/collections\/devotionals?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" rel=\"noopener\">devotionals on sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include the brand new and very important <em>On Death and Dying: A Catechism for Christians<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reformation21.org\/blog\/when-a-pastor-falls\" rel=\"noopener\">When a Pastor Falls<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an important article, and a sober warning, from Mark Jones. &#8220;Strategically, Satan can do a great deal of harm to the church when he can play a role in the fall of a pastor. Pastors therefore should understand they are the special objects of attack. But they should also remember the powerful presence of indwelling sin will mean they are never guiltless when they fall. The external causes may be Satan and another woman (not his wife), but the internal moving cause is their own sin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/earthly-loss-is-heavenly-gain\" rel=\"noopener\">Earthly Loss Is Heavenly Gain: The Rewards of Faithful Suffering<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaneetha Rendall Risner wonders &#8220;whether heaven will bring added reward for those who persevere in suffering. \u2026 Will there be any compensation for those who respond to the loss and the emptiness by leaning into God for fulfillment? 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