{"id":123,"date":"2015-02-25T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T18:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveamongtheruins\/?p=123"},"modified":"2015-02-25T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T18:17:03","slug":"russell-brand-unexpected-tob-theologian-over-at-pursued-by-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveamongtheruins\/2015\/02\/russell-brand-unexpected-tob-theologian-over-at-pursued-by-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand: Unexpected TOB Theologian, Over at &#8220;Pursued by Truth&#8221;"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/521\/2015\/02\/Russell_Brand.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/521\/2015\/02\/Russell_Brand-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Russell_Brand\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A fellow Patheosa beat me to this perfect <em>Love Among the Ruins <\/em>subject!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am the last person who would have expected to agree with Russell Brand on many\u00a0topics, let alone the topic of sex. But his comments on the craze surrounding <em>Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em> had me furiously nodding my head in surprised agreement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Be sure to read the whole thing and watch the video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/pursuedbytruth\/2015\/02\/russell-brand-unexpected-tob-theologian-on-porn-and-fifty-shades.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fellow Patheosa beat me to this perfect Love Among the Ruins subject! I am the last person who would have expected to agree with Russell Brand on many\u00a0topics, let alone the topic of sex. But his comments on the craze surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey had me furiously nodding my head in surprised agreement. 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