I am a member of the church of Christ.\u00a0Reading about the congregation in Nebraska has put quite a few thoughts within my heart.\u00a0I am looking forward to visiting this congregation in the future.\u00a0Maybe too many congregations are putting too much money into their auditorium, too much emphasis on eating, etc.\u00a0I am going to study more about these things.<\/p>\n
Thanks for sharing the information.<\/p>\n\t
I’m glad the website got you thinking and I hope you find the information present on it useful in your studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I am a member of the church of Christ.\u00a0Reading about the congregation in Nebraska has put quite a few thoughts within my heart.\u00a0I am looking forward to visiting this congregation in the future.\u00a0Maybe too many congregations are putting too much money into their auditorium, too much emphasis on eating, etc.\u00a0I am going to study…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-12248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30987,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/may-we-use-some-of-your-material\/","url_meta":{"origin":12248,"position":0},"title":"May we use some of your material?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm writing to let you know how much I enjoy reading your web site.\u00a0 You have so many great and inspiring sermons, articles, and studies. 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