{"id":16571,"date":"2019-12-08T16:01:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=16571"},"modified":"2019-12-08T16:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:01:43","slug":"the-foolishness-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-foolishness-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foolishness of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Foolishness-of-the-Cross.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16571-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Foolishness-of-the-Cross.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Foolishness-of-the-Cross.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Foolishness-of-the-Cross.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Alan Feaster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alan Feaster<\/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,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[228],"class_list":["post-16571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-crucifixion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33150,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/knowledge\/","url_meta":{"origin":16571,"position":0},"title":"Knowledge","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Colossians 1:3-12 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There was a period in world history known as the Dark Ages. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After the collapse of the Roman Empire, society decayed for centuries \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Compared to the earlier periods, very little was written. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Very little advancement in knowledge and ideas were made. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Education\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25458,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-gods-prophetic-word-for-my-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":16571,"position":1},"title":"What is God&#8217;s prophetic word for my life?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I need to know God's prophetic word for my life. 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