{"id":80259,"date":"2024-07-23T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=80259"},"modified":"2024-07-23T23:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:56:42","slug":"a-la-carte-july-24-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=80259","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (July 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"39a2a68f-0fbc-4776-b458-257ef684e947\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning from southern Zambia where I am finishing up a trip to one of my favorite countries. It has been intense but enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"4cb8e21a-ec33-44af-9898-2429f8be61ca\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westminster Books is offering a deal this week on the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2024-enews\/esv-spiral-bound-scripture-journals?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" rel=\"noopener\">ESV Spiral-Bound Scripture Journals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b7840ea6-b190-4818-b39f-c545d7a85109\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I added some new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> yesterday and should have some more today as well.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/andreasanborn.com\/2024\/07\/22\/a-mother-to-me-too\/\" rel=\"noopener\">A Mother to Me, Too<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"48b1bd81-9649-4e96-a521-647d6ce290a6\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Mothering well does not depend on having Instagram-worthy kitchens or the laundry neatly folded and put away. Instead, it is about welcoming and nurturing the ones within our circle, caring for their hearts and their hurts through the tender love of Jesus. And then opening that circle to include those hungering outside the door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/never-look-your-age\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Never Look Your Age\u2019: Shiny Lies We Often Buy<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"c401f4e3-6508-4938-8daf-df8420a5f47d\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stacy Reaoch writes about aging (with women as her target audience): &#8220;Few of us see gray hair as a crown. We think it\u2019s something to hide! Yet the Bible tells us to prize gray hairs as we might a long life devoted to following Jesus. God, through his word, wants to take our minds off our appearance (and all the fears that go with it) and give our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: A mother to me, too \/ Never look your age? \/ Nine reminders for the struggle with body image \/ A ruler who trusts in Yahweh \/ No, I will not stop calling the church a family \/ Criminalizing sexual ethics \/ Bible journal sale \/ Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (July 9)A La Carte (July 3)Weekend A La Carte (May 25)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":80275,"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-80259","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\/07\/cover-a-la-carte-wed-b-5-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80259","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=80259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80277,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80259\/revisions\/80277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}