something I wrote<\/a>\u00a030+ years ago.\u00a0 I am blessed to know that someone has used it to bless others!<\/p>\nBlessings,<\/p>\n
Dennis Rigstad<\/p>\n\t
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I’m always looking for good material and your comparison between love and lust makes an excellent point.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: For “kicks” I Googled on my name.\u00a0 Your church website came up because you cited something I wrote\u00a030+ years ago.\u00a0 I am blessed to know that someone has used it to bless others! Blessings, Dennis Rigstad Answer: I’m always looking for good material and your comparison between love and lust makes an excellent point.<\/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-32423","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":44218,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-wrong-for-a-husband-to-lust-for-his-wife\/","url_meta":{"origin":32423,"position":0},"title":"Is it wrong for a husband to lust for his wife?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear Minister, My wife and I have grown distant over the years because she has had many anger issues, substance abuse problems, and trouble with the law. 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