{"id":334,"date":"2006-04-19T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=334"},"modified":"2008-10-26T06:28:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T13:28:19","slug":"abbotsford-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;abbotsford christian&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">\u2018abbotsford christians\u2019: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Those who go to church every Sunday, talk the talk, but whose actions fail to even begin to walk the walk. Or in the words so well written to the local paper:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus didn\u2019t praise them for building beautiful churches with wonderful programs, instead, he praised them for feeding the hungry, clothing the needy, sheltering strangers, and taking care of the sick and imprisoned. 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