{"id":32822,"date":"2013-12-01T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=32822"},"modified":"2013-11-15T21:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T05:36:01","slug":"church-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/church-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this while looking for an image for a different post. It says &#8220;Church Fail&#8221; on it, but it appears the church fail blog no longer exists. Oh well. It is still humorous.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I don&#8217;t think &#8220;church&#8221; only exists where <a title=\"Two or three are gathered\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/two-or-three-are-gathered\/\">two or three are gathered<\/a> either&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32823\" alt=\"Church Fail Institutional Church\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Church-Fail-Institutional-Church.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Church-Fail-Institutional-Church.jpg 450w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Church-Fail-Institutional-Church-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Church-Fail-Institutional-Church-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This comic reminds me a bit of Alan Knox&#8217;s &#8220;<a title=\"Scripture... As We Live It\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alanknox.net\/category\/as-we-live-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scripture&#8230; As We Live it<\/a>&#8221; series. Go check it out!<\/p>\n<p>And if you are interested more in the &#8220;Institutional Church Version&#8221; Bible, <a href=\"http:\/\/eric-carpenter.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Eric Carpenter\">Eric Carpenter<\/a> recently sent me this video which tells you more:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"If Today&#039;s Churches Had Written The Bible\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mdc5bPd-0xA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a humorous image about how some people define church. It comes from the Church fail blog, which seems to no longer exist. This comic reminds me of the series by Alan Knox called Scripture&#8230; as we live it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1666,1488,1235,19,1343],"class_list":{"0":"post-32822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-alan-knox","8":"tag-attending-church","9":"tag-church","10":"tag-discipleship","11":"tag-humor","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Church Fail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is a humorous image about how some people define church. 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