{"id":3128,"date":"2024-05-19T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2024-05-19T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T15:16:34","slug":"when-self-deception-meets-temptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3128","title":{"rendered":"When self-deception meets temptation"},"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>Self-deception works in concert with temptation so we can convince ourselves of the rightness of actions that are in fact wrong.\u00a0We use deception to say that external circumstances justify reactions. Truth and lies become confused or even reversed. &#8211; Diane Langberg, Ph.D. @DianeLangberg on X (Twitter.com) May 16, 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DianeLangberg\/status\/1791212121830654382\">Self-deception<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Self-deception works in concert&#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-3128","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\/3128","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=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3158,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions\/3158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}