{"id":7822,"date":"2012-09-07T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=7822"},"modified":"2012-09-07T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T15:00:22","slug":"lies-pastors-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2012\/09\/lies-pastors-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Lies Pastors Tell"},"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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I think this video is pretty hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>But even if you\u2019ve never been in ministry before, I think we\u2019ve all found ourselves sitting in the pew at church wondering if the pastor was being completely, um, forthright about his or her thoughts and feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s in the pulpit or in everyday conversation, more often than not being politically correct wins out over sharing what we really think.<\/p>\n<p>So, kudos to these guys for pulling back the curtain a bit and having a sense of humor about themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qd5g27a4g4Y\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qd5g27a4g4Y<\/a>\n<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I think this video is pretty hilarious. 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