your explanation of what the church is and is not<\/a>\u00a0is very well written, and I am in total agreement. Thank you for expressing it so well.<\/p>\n\tAnswer:<\/h2>\n
I can’t take total credit for the description. It is a mash-up of three other descriptions that I had in my files combined with a few of my own ideas.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Just wanted to say that\u00a0your explanation of what the church is and is not\u00a0is very well written, and I am in total agreement. Thank you for expressing it so well. Answer: I can’t take total credit for the description. It is a mash-up of three other descriptions that I had in my files combined…<\/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":[127,448],"class_list":["post-34033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-church"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40034,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-explanation-of-psalms-515-was-just-what-i-was-looking-for\/","url_meta":{"origin":34033,"position":0},"title":"Your explanation of Psalms 51:5 was just what I was looking for","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello brothers and sisters, Just wanted to drop you a note of thanks and appreciation for the work you do with your website. 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