{"id":82171,"date":"2024-08-29T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=82171"},"modified":"2024-08-29T23:25:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:25:13","slug":"a-la-carte-august-30-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=82171","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (August 30)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b776c8d4-969d-4be3-99a1-bc30e4c142fd\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me remind you once more that my book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/books\/pilgrim-prayers\/\">Pilgrim Prayers<\/a><\/em> will be released in just over a week. It&#8217;s available now for pre-order at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/a-la-carte\/a-la-carte-august-30-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/products\/pilgrim-prayers-devotional-poems-that-awaken-your-heart-to-the-goodness-greatness-and-glory-of-god-9780310166405?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" rel=\"noopener\">Westminster Books<\/a>. If you plan to buy it anyway, pre-ordering helps booksellers make sure they have enough in stock on release day.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"437dd794-79c3-4804-84f3-a69fab86292b\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include Nik Ripken&#8217;s <em>The Insanity of Obedience<\/em>, Mary Jo Sharp&#8217;s <em>Why I Still Believe<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"8ff45efa-f0bc-4b75-a726-27d76aab7d70\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Westminster Books has a good deal on a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2024-enews\/finding-your-vocation?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" rel=\"noopener\">new book<\/a> for younger Christians that covers the always-important topic of vocation. It is &#8220;a guide for young people seeking a calling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/reviews\/widening-gods-mercy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Th<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cbmw.org\/2024\/08\/28\/a-review-of-the-widening-of-gods-mercy-sexuality-within-the-biblical-story-by-christopher-b-hays-and-richard-b-hays\/\" rel=\"noopener\">e Widening of God&#8217;s Mercy<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"a84bdf8e-abbf-4f67-bec8-e03d2b576c97\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Hays is a prominent theologian whose new book, co-authored with his son, suggests that God has changed his mind about same-sex sex. This matters because the views of the theologians tend to be quickly popularized and make their way to the pews. Tom Schreiner has an in-depth review.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalliturgies.net\/p\/the-doves-didnt-go-anywhere\" rel=\"noopener\">The Doves Didn&#8217;t Go Anywhere<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"2fefc2e3-619f-4bfa-b2e1-784ee999dc60\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This seems like an interesting and challenging one to me. Reflecting on people&#8217;s disconnection from nature, Shane Morris says &#8220;This is not the consequence of some economic downturn (none of these costs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: The widening of God&#8217;s mercy \/ The doves didn&#8217;t go anywhere \/ 7 tips for a new academic year \/ Rings of Power season 2 \/ Begin with the beginner \/ Book and Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (August 26)A La Carte (July 9)A La Carte (July 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":82187,"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-82171","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\/08\/cover-a-la-carte-fri-b-5-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82171","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=82171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82189,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82171\/revisions\/82189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}