{"id":2732,"date":"2024-02-27T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:54:57","slug":"gods-idea-of-a-fast-people-are-set-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2732","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s idea of a fast: people are set free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2186\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/640px-Star_from_the_Lizard_Constellation_Photobombs_Hubble_Observation_342807119661-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gsfc\/34280711966\/\">Star from the Lizard Constellation Credit: ESA\/Hubble &amp; NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cIs not this the kind of fasting\u00a0I have chosen:<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nto loose the chains of injustice<br \/>\nand untie the cords of the yoke,<br \/>\nto set the oppressed\u00a0free<br \/>\nand break every yoke?<\/strong>\u00a0 Isaiah 58: 6 NIV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dear Chapel Hill Bible Church congregants,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maybe your fasting should include asking your elders if they have released former staff from the chains of NDAs. If not, ask them why not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nearly a year ago, your Personnel Policies Working Group recommended departure\/severance documents \u201cnot contain any non-disclosure clauses that would prevent anyone from talking to anyone about their time at CHBC.\u201d\u00a0 Ask a deacon or the elder chair whether these recommendations have been officially accepted as church policies and added to the Employee Handbook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=529\">Christian commentary on the unbiblical nature of NDAs<\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=514\">National Labor Relations Board rules against use of NDAs <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=487\">The use of NDAs at Chapel Hill Bible Church is brought into the light<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star from the Lizard Constellation&#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-2732","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\/2732","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=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2736,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/2736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}