{"id":58357,"date":"2004-01-23T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-24T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=58357"},"modified":"2023-01-23T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T03:22:36","slug":"no-sense-in-pretense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/no-sense-in-pretense\/","title":{"rendered":"No Sense in Pretense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tAuthor Unknown
\nvia\u00a0Of America<\/em>, Volume 1
\n(copyright 1999 Pensacola Christian College), page 224\nYou tell what you are by the friends you seek,
\nBy the manner in which you speak.
\nBy the way you employ your leisure time,
\nBy the use you make of dollar and dime.\nYou tell what you are by the things you wear,
\nBy the spirit in which your burdens bear,
\nBy the sense of humor that you display
\nBy the music that your stereo plays.\nYou tell what you are by the way you walk,
\nBy the things of which you delight to talk,
\nBy the manner in which you bear defeat,
\nBy so simple a thing as how you eat.\nBy the books you choose from the well-filled shelf;
\nIn these ways and more, you tell on yourself.
\nSo there’s really no particle of sense
\nIn any effort at pretense.\n
\n

“You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them<\/em>” (Matthew 7:16-20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author Unknown via\u00a0Of America, Volume 1 (copyright 1999 Pensacola Christian College), page 224 You tell what you are by the friends you seek, By the manner in which you speak. By the way you employ your leisure time, By the use you make of dollar and dime. You tell what you are by the things…<\/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":[27],"tags":[1242,418],"class_list":["post-58357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-character","tag-hypocrites"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28129,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/you-have-great-teachings-and-good-common-sense\/","url_meta":{"origin":58357,"position":0},"title":"You have great teachings and good common sense","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I just have to tell you folks that I cannot say enough good things about the articles on your web page. 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