{"id":8885,"date":"2019-12-12T05:16:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=8885"},"modified":"2019-12-12T05:49:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:49:05","slug":"a-la-carte-december-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=8885","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (December 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Kindle deals<\/a> include at least a few books that are worth a peek.<\/p>\n<p>The deals at Westminster Books this week are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/blogs\/2019-enews?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">theological works<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/journal\/complementarianism-a-moment-of-reckoning\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The latest issue of the 9Marks Journal is all about complementarianism. I&rsquo;ve only read bits and pieces so far, but have already found it very interesting and informative.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/church-unearthed-ethiopia-rewrites-history-christianity-africa-180973740\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Smithsonian reports on an interesting find. &ldquo;In the dusty highlands of northern Ethiopia, a team of archaeologists recently uncovered the oldest known Christian church in sub-Saharan Africa, a find that sheds new light on one of the Old World&rsquo;s most enigmatic kingdoms&mdash;and its surprisingly early conversion to Christianity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epm.org\/blog\/2019\/Dec\/11\/giving-comfort-grieving\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Three Things to Remember When Giving Comfort to Grieving People<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Randy Alcorn offers wisdom here. &ldquo;Here are three things to remember when we&rsquo;re called upon to comfort those who are grieving, especially during this holiday season&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/longreads.com\/2019\/12\/06\/what-shattered-my-mothers-mind\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">What Shattered My Mother&rsquo;s Mind<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I found this longform article fascinating. (Note: There is one bad word in dialog.) &ldquo;The root of this conspiracy is a syndrome as old as medicine. It is a condition an alarming number of health providers, psychiatrists and others who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s Kindle deals include at least a few books that are worth a peek. The deals at Westminster Books this week are on theological works. Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning The latest issue of the 9Marks Journal is all about complementarianism. I\u2019ve only read bits and pieces so far, but have already found it very interesting and informative. Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa Smithsonian reports on an interesting find. \u201cIn the dusty highlands of \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8893,"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-8885","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-THURS_3-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885","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=8885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8895,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions\/8895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}