{"id":621,"date":"2004-02-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2004\/02\/i-believe-in-the-devil\/"},"modified":"2004-02-25T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-02-25T22:00:00","slug":"i-believe-in-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2004\/02\/i-believe-in-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"I believe in the Devil……"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

MAc Swift<\/a> is pleasing me again with this quote which he uses as a reminder that there really is a personal Devil:
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\u201cOh, my job keeps getting easier,
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as time keeps slipping away,
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I can imitate your brightest light,
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and make your night look just like day,
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I put some truth in every lie, to tickle itching ears,
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You know I\u2019m drawing people just like flies,
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cause they like what they hear\u2026\u201d (Keith Green)<\/p>\n

Of course I couldnt let such a post go without a comment- here\u2019s what I said\u2026..<\/p>\n

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Now this I like MAC!!!<\/p>\n

You have some great stuff and some great views and I like you a lot which is why I am hitting you so hard on the church thing.<\/p>\n

Actually I think the Devil hates the church and one of his best tricks is to so frustrate quality people like you with its failings that they despair of it ever being the beutiful bride of christ and leave it, believing they can still be a good follower of Christ but hating his wife.<\/p>\n

Mac, don\u2019t let the devil rob the church of your input. We need you man!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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