You’re a freak and you should move into the 21st century!<\/p>\n\t
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you<\/em>” (Matthew 5:11-12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: You’re a freak and you should move into the 21st century! Answer: “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before…<\/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-3155","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":9142,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-was-the-church-used-for-in-the-14th-century-besides-religious-activities\/","url_meta":{"origin":3155,"position":0},"title":"What was the church used for in the 14th century besides religious activities?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: In the 14th century in Europe, apart from religious activities what did the public and nobles use the church for? 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