{"id":2499,"date":"2013-10-15T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2013-10-14T22:36:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T03:36:23","slug":"2499","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=2499","title":{"rendered":"EMBRACING A CONFIDENT FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"irc_mimg\"><a id=\"irc_mil\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;docid=DIbamYCwYnA13M&amp;tbnid=fZoM7Rxij_Hj5M:&amp;ved=0CAUQjRw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fbook%2Fshow%2F17706879-despite-doubt&amp;ei=FbVcUpWwBcmK2QWMsoHwCg&amp;bvm=bv.53899372,d.b2I&amp;psig=AFQjCNEOVT5xchuKeX0y-F2RP4NrTyYzYA&amp;ust=1381893777169852\" data-ved=\"0CAUQjRw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"irc_mi\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dx5y3z85enc4t.cloudfront.net\/max_square\/fill\/books\/1364865435\/17706879.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Michael Wittmer&#8217;s new book has many commendable qualities.\u00a0 Allow me to list six of them:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>*It is accessible without being superficial.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>*There are wonderful illustrations throughout.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>*It is compassionate towards doubters, yet showcases how we can be properly confident (HT to Lesslie Newbigin) in the Christian faith.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>*It is grounded in solid, orthodox Christianity, but is winsome in doing so.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>*There is much help in understanding the difference between doubt and unbelief.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>*There is a study guide at the end which actually includes thoughtful questions.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Wittmer&#8217;s new book has many commendable qualities.\u00a0 Allow me to list six of them: *It is accessible without being superficial. *There are wonderful illustrations throughout. *It is compassionate towards doubters, yet showcases how we can be properly confident (HT to Lesslie Newbigin) in the Christian faith. *It is grounded in solid, orthodox Christianity, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doubt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}