{"id":1959,"date":"2023-11-30T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:57:49","slug":"an-adjustable-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1959","title":{"rendered":"An adjustable conscience"},"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>A nonfunctioning conscience is informed by the priorities of ambition and safety and belonging. That\u2019s how Pontius Pilate ended up a crucifier of Jesus. It\u2019s not because he was plotting to see this Messiah killed, but because he was \u201cwishing to satisfy the crowd\u201d (Mark 15:15)&#8230; And so his conscience adjusted to his ambition, not the other way around.\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>\u00a0 by Russell Moore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">November 30, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nonfunctioning conscience is informed&#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-1959","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\/1959","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=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1965,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/1965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}