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\u201cGod is a God of truth, so the truth cannot unravel our faith if our faith is legitimate.\u201d \u2014 Ken Schenck, in a blog post entitled \u201cPaul, Athens, Evidence, Presuppositions\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[2303,3329,6137,9838,12960,13200],"class_list":["post-19027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","tag-critical-thinking","tag-faith","tag-ken-schenck","tag-questioning","tag-truth","tag-unquestioning"],"yoast_head":"\n
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