{"id":777,"date":"2013-06-27T01:51:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T01:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.dminlgp.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2013-06-27T01:51:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T01:51:27","slug":"why-why-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/why-why-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Why Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2018Why\u2019 is a question that Christians should be comfortable with asking. It has always been near the center of Christian thought. It\u2019s the type of question that we\u2019ve been asking for as long as our faith has been around. It\u2019s a question that science can\u2019t answer, but only faith can. Science can tell us \u2018How\u2019 God might have created the world, but it can\u2019t tell us \u2018Why\u2019 God created the world.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018Why\u2019 can give meaning and purpose to life. Embracing \u2018Why\u2019 allows us to live purposeful and directed lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here\u2019s my \u2018Why\u2019 statement:<\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>  Normal<br \/>\n  0<\/p>\n<p>  false<br \/>\n  false<br \/>\n  false<\/p>\n<p>  EN-US<br \/>\n  JA<br \/>\n  X-NONE<\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> \/* Style Definitions *\/<br \/>\ntable.MsoNormalTable<br \/>\n\t{mso-style-name:&#8221;Table Normal&#8221;;<br \/>\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br \/>\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-priority:99;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-parent:&#8221;&#8221;;<br \/>\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br \/>\n\tmso-para-margin:0in;<br \/>\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br \/>\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;<br \/>\n\tfont-family:Cambria;<br \/>\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;<br \/>\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;<br \/>\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;<br \/>\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}<\/p>\n<p> <!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The world is not as it should be. <span>\u00a0<\/span>A creation that was once perfectly good is now filled with death, decay and imperfection. God sought to put the world back together through Christ and his death and resurrection. As Christ\u2019s followers we seek to love God and our neighbor. Doing so, allows us to be part of his work of restoration. <span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Why\u2019 is a question that Christians should be comfortable with asking. It has always been near the center of Christian thought. It\u2019s the type of question that we\u2019ve been asking for as long as our faith has been around. It\u2019s a question that science can\u2019t answer, but only faith can. Science can tell us \u2018How\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,303],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dminlgp","tag-sinek","cohort-lgp3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}