{"id":59828,"date":"2023-03-11T15:34:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T21:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=59828"},"modified":"2023-04-12T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T22:40:06","slug":"lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from the Lives of the Apostles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Lessons from the Lives of the Apostles<\/h1>\nby Jeffrey W. Hamilton<br \/>\nMarch 2023\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/the-sons-of-thunder\/\">The Sons of Thunder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/the-disciple-whom-jesus-loved\/\">The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/thomas-doubts\/\">Thomas&#8217; Doubts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/peters-walk\/\">Peter&#8217;s Walk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/feeding-the-sheep\/\">Feeding the Sheep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/the-conversion-of-saul\/\">The Conversion of Saul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/the-last-years-of-pauls-life\/\">The Last Years of Paul&#8217;s Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lessons from the Lives of the Apostles by Jeffrey W. Hamilton March 2023 The Sons of Thunder The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved Thomas&#8217; Doubts Peter&#8217;s Walk Feeding the Sheep The Conversion of Saul The Last Years of Paul&#8217;s Life Bible Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59828","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59992,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/lessons-from-the-lives-of-the-apostles\/thomas-doubts\/","url_meta":{"origin":59828,"position":0},"title":"Thomas\u2019 Doubts","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Thomas' Doubts Thomas was referred to by the Greek name Didymus. 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