I am a member of the church of Christ in Tennessee. I happened to run across your page when I Googled “Was Paul a member of the Sanhedrin?<\/a>” I went to\u00a0your home page<\/a>, and, wow, what a beautiful, simple explanation of who we are! Just thought I would send a word of praise and encouragement for the work you and the La Vista congregation are doing.<\/p>\n\t Thank you very much!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I am a member of the church of Christ in Tennessee. I happened to run across your page when I Googled “Was Paul a member of the Sanhedrin?” I went to\u00a0your home page, and, wow, what a beautiful, simple explanation of who we are! 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