/**
 * A helper conditional function that returns a boolean value.
 *
 * @return bool Whether there are featured posts.
 */
function adirondack_has_featured_posts()
{
    return !is_paged() && (bool) adirondack_get_featured_posts();
}
<?php

/**
 * The template for displaying featured content
 *
 * @package Adirondack
 */
global $in_featured;
$in_featured = true;
?>

<div id="featured-content" class="featured-content">
	<div class="featured-content-inner">
	<?php 
$featured_posts = adirondack_get_featured_posts();
foreach ((array) $featured_posts as $order => $post) {
    setup_postdata($post);
    // Include the featured content template.
    get_template_part('content', 'featured-post');
}
wp_reset_postdata();
$in_featured = false;
?>
	</div><!-- .featured-content-inner -->
</div><!-- #featured-content .featured-content -->