{"id":50,"date":"2008-08-21T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/returningking.com\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2016-01-12T20:20:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T02:20:20","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/returningking.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 100px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<h2 id=\"50__1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone alignleft\" title=\"logo2\" src=\"..\/images\/horsesunsm.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"40\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161 alignleft\" title=\"welcome\" src=\"..\/images\/welcome.gif\" alt=\"welcome\" \/><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/blognetworks\/blog\/returningking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"facebook\" src=\"..\/images\/fb.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"height: 182px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"509\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.needville.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" src=\"..\/images\/needvilletv.jpg\" alt=\"Needville.TV Image\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Live streaming teaching:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Sundays at 9:30 &amp; 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otherwise they would not be calling.\u00a0 Perhaps nothing is more offensive to a relationship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1379 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1345\" class=\"atw-post post-1345 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interpretation-hermeneutics category-doctrine category-political tag-love tag-enemies\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1345\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Loving Those We Dislike\" rel=\"bookmark\">Loving Those We Dislike<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>[Originally published in The Fort Bend Herald] \u00a0One of the most difficult concepts of Christianity involves a series of commands that relegate us to love pretty much everyone, everywhere and in every situation.\u00a0 While the sentiment of that seems truly noble and altruistic, many find themselves in a very difficult crisis of faith for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1345 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1315\" class=\"atw-post post-1315 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1315\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to The Right Decision\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Right Decision<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>[Originally published in The Fort Bend Herald] \u00a0Perhaps the most common question a pastor is asked counsel on is simply, \u201cwhat should I do?\u201d\u00a0 Many decisions that life throws at us are difficult.\u00a0 Options have widely varying potential outcomes.\u00a0 How can one know what the results of a decision will be? While this is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1315 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1311\" class=\"atw-post post-1311 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1311\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Jonah&#8217;s Misdirected Message\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jonah&#8217;s Misdirected Message<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>[Originally published in The Fort Bend Herald] \u00a0Perhaps no Old Testament narrative receives quite the beating Jonah does by those who are unable to accept its account.\u00a0 It is, after all, the story of a great miracle.\u00a0 Strangely enough, most of those who reject it as truth are denying the wrong miracle altogether, as Jonah\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1311 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1306\" class=\"atw-post post-1306 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1306\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Hidden Treasure\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hidden Treasure<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>[Originally published in Fort Bend Herald] \u00a0It seems we all have pursuits in our lives which honestly are of no measurable eternal consequence.\u00a0 Simply put, we collect things that we perceive to enrich our lives in some tangible way, but that will most certainly be left behind for others to fight over when we depart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1306 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1286\" class=\"atw-post post-1286 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-misc category-sin category-the-gospel\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1286\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to What Kind of God?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Kind of God?<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>[original article published in Fort Bend Herald, Sunday, February 24, 2013] An age old question has found new life in recent debate concerning the seeming incongruity of an all-loving, all-powerful God being willing to bring the harshest of judgments upon his creation.\u00a0 To be exact, the debate is generally kick started by some rendition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1286 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1284\" class=\"atw-post post-1284 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-misc category-sin category-tidbits\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1284\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Quick to Listen &#8211; Slow to Tweet\" rel=\"bookmark\">Quick to Listen &#8211; Slow to Tweet<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>Relationships once developed slowly via personal encounter.\u00a0 Every chance meeting and handshake provided another casual conversation that gradually vetted the acceptable parameters of agreement on issues important to the two parties of a budding friendship.\u00a0 To the degree that two people found familiarity and commonality a friendship developed.\u00a0 Contrarily, when dissonance in virtue and ideology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1284 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1280\" class=\"atw-post post-1280 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-doctrine category-sin category-the-gospel tag-works tag-sin tag-atonement tag-gospel tag-moralism tag-salvation\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1280\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Are You Good Enough?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are You Good Enough?<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>For as long as I can remember there has been a silent cultural message that \u201cif you\u2019re good enough\u201d God will accept you as his own and secure you a permanent place at his side in eternity.\u00a0 From Country and Western songs to Hallmark movie nights we are captured by the idea of a person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1280 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1264\" class=\"atw-post post-1264 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-misc category-political category-sin category-the-gospel tag-sin tag-gospel\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1264\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Right Questions Wrongly Answered\" rel=\"bookmark\">Right Questions Wrongly Answered<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>(Editorial Note:\u00a0 This article was written prior to Sunday&#8217;s shooting in Wisconsin.\u00a0 Originally published in the Fort Bend Herald, July 29, 2012.\u00a0 Minor edits have been inserted for this venue and date) While the escalation of mass homicide in recent years is truly disturbing, perhaps equally ominous is our nation\u2019s continued denial concerning the origination [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1264 -->\n\n        <article id=\"post-1262\" class=\"atw-post post-1262 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-political category-misc tag-bigotry tag-gay-marriage\">\n        <header class=\"atw-entry-header\">\n                            <hgroup class=\"atw-entry-hdr\"><h2 class=\"atw-entry-title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1262\"\n                           title=\"Permalink to Fighting &#8216;Bigotry&#8217; with Bigotry\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fighting &#8216;Bigotry&#8217; with Bigotry<\/a>\n                    <\/h2><\/hgroup>\n\n                        <\/header><!-- .atw-entry-header -->\n                    <div class=\"atw-entry-summary atw-cf\">\n                <p>The American system of public discourse and representative government is not hard to grasp.\u00a0 We are \u201cthe melting pot\u201d where people from every race, creed and background are welcomed to bring their best to the table.\u00a0 Governing that table are representatives duly elected to uphold the will of the collective population from within the framework [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div><!-- .atw-entry-summary -->\n                <\/article><!-- #post-1262 -->\n\n    <\/div><!-- show_posts -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live streaming teaching: Sundays at 9:30 &amp; 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Wednesdays at 6:30 PM Central Apostasy!\u00a0 The Word-Faith Doctrinal Deception Now Available: Print Version &#8211; 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