{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"slacktivist","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist","author_name":"Fred Clark","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/author\/fredclark1\/","title":"A generation which knew not Joseph","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TevrpqtxnV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2016\/04\/15\/a-generation-which-knew-not-joseph\/\">A generation which knew not Joseph<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2016\/04\/15\/a-generation-which-knew-not-joseph\/embed\/#?secret=TevrpqtxnV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A generation which knew not Joseph&#8221; &#8212; slacktivist\" data-secret=\"TevrpqtxnV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"When it comes to the biblical story of Joseph, I'm with John Calvin. Joseph exploited the hungry and enslaved the entire world to curry favor with a tyrant. And that, Calvin concluded, was simply indefensible. \"It is certain that all contracts which are not formed according to the rule of charity are vicious in the sight of God,\" the reformer wrote in his commentary on Genesis.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/files\/2016\/04\/Pyramid.jpg"}