{"id":1277,"date":"2012-03-15T01:23:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T06:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2012-03-13T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T05:05:38","slug":"the-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?p=1277","title":{"rendered":"The Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I originally shared this message on Halloween.\u00a0 So there&#8217;s a short talk on that subject.\u00a0 How do you think a Christian ought to handle Halloween?<\/p>\n<p>It was also right before the 2010 elections.\u00a0 So the rest of the talk is about some of the hot button issues then.\u00a0 It&#8217;s primary time for Republicans, and not far down the road it will be election time again.\u00a0 How do you decide who to vote for?\u00a0 Do you use morality, popularity, random selection?\u00a0 How much does the conduct of your elected leaders matter to you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sermons\/101031-theissues.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1277-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sermons\/101031-theissues.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"101031-theissues.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 53:28 &#8212; 24.5MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I originally shared this message on Halloween.\u00a0 So there&#8217;s a short talk on that subject.\u00a0 How do you think a Christian ought to handle Halloween? 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