{"id":74596,"date":"2024-04-03T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=74596"},"modified":"2024-04-03T23:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T04:58:32","slug":"a-la-carte-april-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=74596","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"96f9c390-cea9-4d97-8dd1-dbaaa808f670\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you today.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4a4801ca-bddc-44c7-a6a6-7e1d833eef67\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a couple of new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> to take a look at. They include Andy Naselli&#8217;s excellent <em>Romans: A Concise Guide to the Greatest Letter Ever Written<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"06646064-f87a-41ac-a55f-7b9342c1e6eb\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/random-thoughts-on-being-a-dad\/\">Random Thoughts on Being a Dad<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beautifulchristianlife.com\/blog\/is-the-lords-supper-a-feast-or-a-funeral\" rel=\"noopener\">Is the Lord&#8217;s Supper a Feast or a Funeral?<\/a>&#8220; <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"ab1dbfc4-99d4-4904-9748-c4eafa6f2c19\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an important word about the appropriate posture as we participate in the Lord&#8217;s Supper. &#8220;When we approach the Lord\u2019s Supper we should do so with an attitude marked primarily by joy, and not sorrow. We come singing and rejoicing, not mourning or weeping. Yet, how can this be if the thought of death pervades the very foundations of the sacrament? The answer lies in the gospel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thecripplegate.com\/keeping-the-para-in-parachurch-ministries\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Keeping the \u201cPara\u201d in Parachurch Ministries<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b928e861-bba3-4bf0-9a3c-ee1f32a3101e\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s lots of wisdom here about the relationship of Christians and churches to parachurch ministries. &#8220;Rather than addressing every possible error,&nbsp;a few characteristics for sound parachurch ministries&nbsp;are given which will bring clarity where needed\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/only-bad-calvinism-abandons-souls\" rel=\"noopener\">Only Bad Calvinism Abandons Souls: The Story Behind a Missions Revival<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"da44b24c-b32c-4c73-adf5-5ec34233334d\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When told properly, church history leads to applications for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Only bad Calvinism abandons souls \/ Is the Lord&#8217;s Supper a feast or a funeral? \/ What does it mean that God rested? \/ The money problem in cross-cultural partnerships \/ How do Muslims view the Quran? \/ Keeping the &#8220;para&#8221; in parachurch ministries \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (November 6)A La Carte (August 13)A La Carte (1\/8)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":74612,"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-74596","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\/04\/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\/74596","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=74596"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74614,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74596\/revisions\/74614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}