{"id":4838,"date":"2012-12-29T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2012-12-29T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T19:13:04","slug":"dec-29-my-one-sentence-bible-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/2012\/12\/dec-29-my-one-sentence-bible-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 29: My One Sentence Bible"},"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\/320\/2012\/12\/IMG_28231.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4812\" title=\"Credit: Andrew Marin, 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/320\/2012\/12\/IMG_28231-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/2012\/12\/how-to-formulate-a-theology\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">What is My One Sentence Bible?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christians need to stop trying to assert their place of cultural \u201cdominance.\u201d It\u2019s not ours to dictate; let others give us the place that we earn. [Luke 14:5-11]<\/p>\n<p>Too seek power is to seek a limited time of prestige. To seek humility is to seek eternal righteousness. [Luke 14:12-14]<\/p>\n<p>A main component to inheriting the Kingdom of God is to just show up. [Luke 14:15-24]<\/p>\n<p>Much love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarinfoundation.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.themarinfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is My One Sentence Bible? Christians need to stop trying to assert their place of cultural \u201cdominance.\u201d It\u2019s not ours to dictate; let others give us the place that we earn. [Luke 14:5-11] Too seek power is to seek a limited time of prestige. To seek humility is to seek eternal righteousness. 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