{"id":39404,"date":"2015-07-19T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=39404"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:20:21","slug":"charades-with-pastors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/charades-with-pastors\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Play Charades with Pastors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a secret: I am almost done writing a book on the atonement. 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