{"id":95099,"date":"2026-04-13T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=95099"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:50:08","slug":"making-it-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/making-it-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Making It Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-It-Legal.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-95099-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-It-Legal.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-It-Legal.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-It-Legal.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-It-Legal.mp3\"  target=\"_self\"  download>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload Audio\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>by Brent Paschall<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/draw-near-to-god\/\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDraw Near to God\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Audio by Brent Paschall Draw Near to God<\/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":[119],"tags":[30,64,1513,458],"class_list":["post-95099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-adoption","tag-marriage","tag-relationships","tag-servants"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19069,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/my-husband-cheated-and-i-cheated-i-lived-with-a-man-for-years-before-the-divorce-was-final-we-eventually-married-but-did-i-have-the-right-to-marry-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":95099,"position":0},"title":"My husband cheated and I cheated. 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