I am a member of the church of Christ. We studied John and James briefly tonight during the invitation. I remembered them being the “sons of thunder,” which got me searching on Google, and I think your website was the first one that came up. Now, you never know what one might get when searching in Google, I pleased when I read about James and John and them being “the sons of thunder<\/a>” that then made me want to read your “About Us<\/a>” section. Again, pleased and happy to see good work being done in Omaha. Looks like y’all are doing a great job out there in Nebraska!<\/p>\n\t Thank you for the encouragement.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I am a member of the church of Christ. We studied John and James briefly tonight during the invitation. I remembered them being the “sons of thunder,” which got me searching on Google, and I think your website was the first one that came up. 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