{"id":63163,"date":"2011-11-06T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=63163"},"modified":"2023-10-07T21:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T02:26:50","slug":"jonah-gods-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jonah-gods-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonah &#8211; God&#8217;s Work-in-Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011Fall3Jonah.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-63163-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011Fall3Jonah.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011Fall3Jonah.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011Fall3Jonah.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Eric M. Hamilton<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ordinary-is-gods-extraordinary\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrdinary Is God&#8217;s Extraordinary\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Eric M. 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