{"id":3124,"date":"2024-05-17T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2024-05-17T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:32:51","slug":"the-power-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3124","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2839\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg 415w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I always remember my Western Civ. prof. saying that one reason the Roman Empire feared the spread of Christianity was that their emphasis on the power of love was a threat to the empire\u2019s power. We discussed this after reading 1 Cor. 13 in class, in a public\/state university. &#8211; Steve Lamason @SteveOLambO on X (Twitter.com) May 16, 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveOLambO\/status\/1791101478012088489\">Rome&#8217;s fear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The POWER of love<\/p>\n<p>Will always defeat<\/p>\n<p>The love of POWER<\/p>\n<p>So empires seek to get Christians to love power, despite Jesus\u2019s teachings. -Brian Morris @brmorris on X (Twitter.com) May 16, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brmorris\/status\/1791102746503815544\">Love<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I always remember&#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-3124","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\/3124","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=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3155,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions\/3155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}