{"id":70930,"date":"2024-01-29T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=70930"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:23:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T05:23:41","slug":"a-la-carte-january-30-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=70930","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (January 30)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"df190158-6679-4911-a1b6-2c850a3013fc\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lord be with you and bless you today.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"507c5143-7ebe-4918-954f-7b7087d7d92a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/fallen-planes-and-fallen-pastors\/\">Fallen Planes and Fallen Pastors<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/evangelicals-need-a-constructive-vision\" rel=\"noopener\">Evangelicals Need a Constructive Vision<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"5e36ca73-a525-44b6-a37a-bccf81b4a598\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a thought-provoking article. &#8220;Critique is easier to make compelling than charity. This explains why the books consistently generating the most conversation\u2014both from fans and detractors\u2014follow a similar format: a book length dismantling of a problem followed by a single chapter or epilogue offering a positive vision forward. When was the last time you read a book (on evangelicalism and culture) that spent one or two chapters on a problem, and then the remainder offering a constructive alternative?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greatandnobletasks.com\/2024\/01\/29\/keep-singing-the-whole-gospel\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Keep Singing the (Whole) Gospel<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"9a2bf0a0-d112-4528-88fa-03053148ebcc\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rebekah looks at a few Christian songs that have had &#8220;offensive&#8221; lyrics removed. She encourages us to make sure that we sing the whole gospel.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carryonmyheart.com\/hes-with-you-no-matter-what-row-youre-in\/\" rel=\"noopener\">He\u2019s With You; No Matter What Row You\u2019re In<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"7ed9c630-6008-46f9-9d95-d15c17d3e263\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an encouraging and transparent reminder that the Lord is with you, no matter your situation. &#8220;Fear is an expert at making me believe I\u2019m in the farthest seat from God. How could He see me and my problems in the flood of others\u2014many, I\u2019m sure,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Evangelicals need a constructive vision \/ He&#8217;s with you, no matter what \/ Keeping singing the (whole) gospel \/ Abundant life in room 129 \/ On pastors and professors \/ Was Jesus confused by the cross? \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (July 28)A La Carte (4\/20)A La Carte (4\/1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":70945,"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-70930","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\/2024\/01\/cover-a-la-carte-tue-a-7-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70930","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=70930"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70947,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70930\/revisions\/70947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}