{"id":8839,"date":"2019-12-11T04:54:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2019-12-11T05:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T11:03:01","slug":"a-la-carte-december-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=8839","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thanks to all who sent along condolences yesterday. Though I read each and everyone, there were far too many for me to reply to each one. But do know how blessed and encouraged we are by the outpouring of love.<\/p>\n<p>Today&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include a bit of this and that.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/trip-report-a-journey-to-zambia\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Trip Report: A Journey to Zambia<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ftc.co\/resource-library\/1\/4996\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">10 Reasons Your Sermons Shouldn&rsquo;t be Too Short or Too Long<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As usual, there is peril on both sides. Jared Wilson says, &ldquo;I agree with the dictum that the best sermons can&rsquo;t be too long and the worst sermons can&rsquo;t be too short. But all things being equal, I do think there&rsquo;s such a thing as a sermon that&rsquo;s too long and a sermon that&rsquo;s too short. Here I answer five reasons for each error&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/world\/video-games-and-online-chats-are-hunting-grounds-for-sexual-predators\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Video Games and Online Chats Are &lsquo;Hunting Grounds&rsquo; for Sexual Predators<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Parents, be warned and be aware: &ldquo;Sexual predators have found an easy access point into the lives of young people: They are meeting them online through multiplayer video games and chat apps, making virtual connections right in their victims&rsquo; homes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingsofthesort.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/9\/there-will-most-assuredly-come-a-morning\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">There Will Most Assuredly Come A Morning<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Through tears and a shaky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all who sent along condolences yesterday. Though I read each and everyone, there were far too many for me to reply to each one. But do know how blessed and encouraged we are by the outpouring of love. Today\u2019s Kindle deals include a bit of this and that. (Yesterday on the blog: Trip Report: A Journey to Zambia) 10 Reasons Your Sermons Shouldn\u2019t be Too Short or Too Long As usual, there is peril on both sides. Jared \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8847,"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-8839","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\/2019\/12\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-WED20b_1-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839","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=8839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8849,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions\/8849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}