{"id":61139,"date":"2023-05-28T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61139"},"modified":"2023-06-03T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T20:32:01","slug":"your-past-choices-dont-determine-your-present-and-future-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-past-choices-dont-determine-your-present-and-future-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Past Choices Don&#8217;t Determine Your Present and Future Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Your-Past-Choices-Dont-Determine-Your-Present-and-Future-Choices.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-61139-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Your-Past-Choices-Dont-Determine-Your-Present-and-Future-Choices.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Your-Past-Choices-Dont-Determine-Your-Present-and-Future-Choices.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Your-Past-Choices-Dont-Determine-Your-Present-and-Future-Choices.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Austin Hausner<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Austin Hausner<\/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":[763],"class_list":["post-61139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-decisions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44961,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/choices-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":61139,"position":0},"title":"Choices (Perz)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jonathan Perz 2015 Spring Meeting","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":83472,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/our-choices-and-gods-choices\/","url_meta":{"origin":61139,"position":1},"title":"Our Choices and God&#8217;s Choices","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Gibson Notably, the Prodigal Son makes two choices, and his father makes two choices (Luke 15:11-32). 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