{"id":8542,"date":"2019-08-28T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T20:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=8542"},"modified":"2019-08-28T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T20:24:47","slug":"questions-from-readers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/preparation-for-a-lifetime\/questions-from-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions from Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Questions from Readers of Preparation for a Lifetime<\/em><\/h1>\n\t[mctagmap show_pages=”no” columns=”4″ from_category=”preparation”]\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPreparation for a Lifetime\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Questions from Readers of Preparation for a Lifetime [mctagmap show_pages=”no” columns=”4″ from_category=”preparation”] Prior Lesson Preparation for a Lifetime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8138,"menu_order":33,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8149,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/preparation-for-a-lifetime\/questionnaire\/","url_meta":{"origin":8542,"position":0},"title":"Premarriage Questionnaire","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Premarriage Questionnaire Please take a moment to answer the following questions as frankly as you can. Why do you wish to get married? 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