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I couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to have a blog post with such a striking title. But of course, it is the blog<\/em> The Church of Jesus Christ<\/a> that has begun to consider (and blog about) my recent book, The Only True God<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> Given that the blogger in question goes by the nickname Polycarp, it will be obvious how many potentially striking church history-related headlines I had to pass up\u2026<\/p>\n

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I couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to have a blog post with such a striking title. But of course, it is the blog The Church of Jesus Christ that has begun to consider (and blog about) my recent book, The Only True God. Given that the blogger in question goes by the nickname Polycarp, it will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Church Of Jesus Christ Has Begun Considering The Only True God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I couldn't resist the opportunity to have a blog post with such a striking title. 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