{"items":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-post-types-mod-categories-style-bg-css\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/post-types-mod-categories-style-bg.min.css?ver=8.2.7\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-19995\" class=\"wd-post blog-design-mask blog-post-loop blog-style-bg wd-add-shadow wd-col post-19995 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-perspective tag-culture tag-parents-and-children\">\n\t<div class=\"wd-post-inner article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-thumb entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-img post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-920x613.jpg 920w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lightstock_70438_medium_paul_-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-fill\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2020\/01\/22\/human-life-is-sacred-remember\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-post-types-mod-date-style-bg-css\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/post-types-mod-date-style-bg.min.css?ver=8.2.7\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t22\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJan\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-content article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg meta-post-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/category\/perspective\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Perspective<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-post-title wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2020\/01\/22\/human-life-is-sacred-remember\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Human Life Is Sacred. Remember.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-blog-mod-author-css\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/blog-mod-author.min.css?ver=8.2.7\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted by<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9830acbbaf1fd875dce188fd5a8a0170912cb126043c239eaaef9f237a3fe960?s=18&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9830acbbaf1fd875dce188fd5a8a0170912cb126043c239eaaef9f237a3fe960?s=36&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-18 photo' height='18' width='18' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/author\/canderson\/\" class=\"author\" rel=\"author\">Chris Anderson<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/canstockphoto7363245-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/canstockphoto7363245-920x613.jpg 920w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/canstockphoto7363245-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-fill\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2020\/01\/01\/parenting-with-authority-affection-and-affirmation\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t01\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJan\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-content article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg meta-post-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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blog-style-bg wd-add-shadow wd-col post-19577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-devotional-thoughts tag-christmas-and-advent\">\n\t<div class=\"wd-post-inner article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-thumb entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-img post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-1024x704.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-920x633.jpg 920w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Arrival-for-blog-post.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-fill\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2019\/12\/25\/wise-men-gentiles-who-sought-the-savior\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t25\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDec\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-content article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg meta-post-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/category\/devotional-thoughts\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Devotional Thoughts<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-post-title wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2019\/12\/25\/wise-men-gentiles-who-sought-the-savior\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wise Men: Gentiles Who Sought the Savior<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted by<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9830acbbaf1fd875dce188fd5a8a0170912cb126043c239eaaef9f237a3fe960?s=18&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9830acbbaf1fd875dce188fd5a8a0170912cb126043c239eaaef9f237a3fe960?s=36&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-18 photo' height='18' width='18' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image-920x613.webp 920w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-06-Clay-Blog-Post-Image.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wd-fill\" href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2019\/11\/06\/jars-of-clay-a-philosophy-of-grace-vs-glory\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t06\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNov\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-content article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg meta-post-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/category\/devotional-thoughts\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Devotional Thoughts<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-post-title wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/churchworksmedia.com\/2019\/11\/06\/jars-of-clay-a-philosophy-of-grace-vs-glory\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jars of Clay: A Philosophy of Grace vs. Glory<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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