{"id":903,"date":"2019-09-13T18:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T18:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=903"},"modified":"2019-09-20T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T20:02:09","slug":"love-even-your-enemies","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/archives\/podcast\/love-even-your-enemies","title":{"rendered":"Love Even Your Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jesus radically contradicted the law of Moses and its traditional interpretation in the Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have heard that it was said, \u2018Love your friends, hate your enemies.\u2019&nbsp;But now&nbsp;I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Matthew 5:43-44 (GNT)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon preached extemporaneously on September 8, 2019 at Briensburg United Methodist Church by Rev. 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You have heard that it was said, \u2018Love your friends, hate your enemies.\u2019&nbsp;But now&nbsp;I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew 5:43-44 (GNT) Sermon preached extemporaneously on September 8, 2019 at Briensburg United &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/archives\/podcast\/love-even-your-enemies\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Love Even Your Enemies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Love-Even-Your-Enemies.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"18:02","filesize":"41.29M","filesize_raw":"43297481","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"series":[0],"class_list":["post-903","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/podcast-download\/903\/love-even-your-enemies.mp3","player_link":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/podcast-player\/903\/love-even-your-enemies.mp3","audio_player":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-903-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/podcast-player\/903\/love-even-your-enemies.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/podcast-player\/903\/love-even-your-enemies.mp3\">http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/podcast-player\/903\/love-even-your-enemies.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RZ2XSimkIq\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/archives\/podcast\/love-even-your-enemies\">Love Even Your Enemies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/archives\/podcast\/love-even-your-enemies\/embed#?secret=RZ2XSimkIq\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Love Even Your Enemies&#8221; &#8212; LivingWeb Lectionary Project\" data-secret=\"RZ2XSimkIq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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