I have recently viewed your web site over a few issues and I wanted to thank you and the congregation for such a fine web site.\u00a0 Your writings are nicely written, to the point, and written in such a way that shows one clearly what the Bible teaches and what it does not with little prejudices hindering the text.\u00a0 I am glad to have stumbled across your site and will do so again as subjects come up.\u00a0 Keep up the great work for the Lord!<\/p>\n\t
I appreciate the kind words. I hope you continue to find the site useful in your studies.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I have recently viewed your web site over a few issues and I wanted to thank you and the congregation for such a fine web site.\u00a0 Your writings are nicely written, to the point, and written in such a way that shows one clearly what the Bible teaches and what it does not with…<\/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":[20],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-28906","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":11380,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-im-struggling-with-a-topic-la-vistas-web-site-is-where-i-head\/","url_meta":{"origin":28906,"position":0},"title":"When I’m struggling with a topic, La Vista’s web site is where I head","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I've been wanting, needing, and meaning to send this email to you for a really long time. 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