{"id":55314,"date":"2022-10-16T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=55314"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:59:53","slug":"our-persistence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/our-persistence\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Persistence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Our-Persistence-1.mp3'>Our Persistence - Part 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Our-Persistence-2.mp3'>Our Persistence - Part 2<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Our-Persistence-1.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Our Persistence - Part 1\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Our Persistence - Part 1\\\" from La Vista Church of Christ by Garry Floyd. 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