{"id":1536,"date":"2016-05-12T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2016-05-12T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:56:31","slug":"a-nice-response-to-a-non-believer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/12\/a-nice-response-to-a-non-believer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nice Response to a Non-Believer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a video I was tagged in from Facebook.<br \/>\nIt would be nice if we all would have the wit to respond when our faith is challenged. \u00a0Although the response does not hold a definitive response to the question of a God or not (which comes only in faith through the Holy Spirit), it does speak to the reality of hurt in the world. \u00a0It is a new reality that God creates in Jesus. \u00a0Although the reality is here, staring us in the face, we can choose to turn our backs on it. \u00a0In the end, God will win, and the new reality will take hold. \u00a0Pass the word around about the Word, so that we all can partake in the new reality here and now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pastor.sunday.adelaja\/videos\/10153507361443845\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a video I was tagged in from Facebook. It would be nice if we all would have the wit to respond when our faith is challenged. \u00a0Although the response does not hold a definitive response to the question of a God or not (which comes only in faith through the Holy Spirit), it &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/12\/a-nice-response-to-a-non-believer\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59,101,87,93,38,21,102,78,42,68,10,14,39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-1536","6":"format-standard","7":"category-blindness","8":"category-change","9":"category-christ","10":"category-doubt","11":"category-evil","12":"category-faith","13":"category-god","14":"category-gospel","15":"category-healing","16":"category-hope","17":"category-jesus","18":"category-love","19":"category-sin-2"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-oM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1347,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/17\/baptism-changes-our-reality\/","url_meta":{"origin":1536,"position":0},"title":"Baptism Changes Our Reality","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/xW616MbaGA0 Audio Link Sunday, June 7, 2015 | After Pentecost Genesis 3:8-15 Psalm 130: 1-8 2 Corinthians 4:13\u20135:1 Mark 3:20\u201335 Isn't it nice that we are in a different gospel today? 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