{"id":1951,"date":"2023-11-29T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:58:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:58:33","slug":"ends-means-and-vision-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"Ends, Means, and Vision Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1387\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mapleleavescrop505025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mapleleavescrop505025.jpg 434w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mapleleavescrop505025-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span id=\"en-ESV-26481\" class=\"text John-10-11\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/span>\u201cThe devil\u2019s three temptations of Jesus all had to do with ways and means. Every one of the devil\u2019s goals was excellent. The devil had an unsurpassed vision statement. But the ways and means were incompatible with the ends.\u201d Eugene Peterson, quoted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/july-august\/christian-protect-institution-conscience-judgment-morality.html\">What Does It Profit a Christian to Protect an Institution but Lose Their Soul?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">November 29, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u201cThe devil\u2019s three temptations of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1966,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}