{"id":74213,"date":"2025-10-16T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=74213"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:05:27","slug":"the-art-of-speed-part-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/16\/the-art-of-speed-part-ten\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Speed&#8211; Part Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/D40EFAFE-0B4F-4F95-A6AB-B7A108896C1E.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large 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