{"id":60473,"date":"2023-04-25T20:34:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=60473"},"modified":"2023-04-25T20:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:34:08","slug":"beginning-to-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/beginning-to-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning to Sink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beginning-to-Sink.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-60473-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beginning-to-Sink.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beginning-to-Sink.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beginning-to-Sink.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Joe Greer<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/lessons-from-the-bible-to-build-your-faith\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLessons to Build Your Faith\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Joe Greer Lessons to Build Your Faith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","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":[119],"tags":[179,1288],"class_list":["post-60473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-sin","tag-steadfastness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61995,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/beginning-the-day-with-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":60473,"position":0},"title":"Beginning the Day with God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Frank Walton Christ, the Only Way","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61991,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/christ-the-only-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":60473,"position":1},"title":"Christ, the Only Way","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Frank Walton Beginning the Day with God The Confession of the Four Murderers Jesus Shows Us How to Evangelize Jesus Shows Us How to Forgive Others Love One Another (recording failed) Finding a Spiritual Family","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/OneWay-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":60178,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/lessons-from-the-bible-to-build-your-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":60473,"position":2},"title":"Lessons from the Bible to Build Your Faith","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A series of lessons presented by Joe Greer of Taylors, South Carolina April 23-26, 2023 On This Rock (Matthew 16:18) Hear Him (Matthew 17:1-8) Faith Demands Action Worship by God's Design Beginning to Sink Beware - 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