{"id":71364,"date":"2015-07-21T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T20:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=71364"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T20:33:19","slug":"praying-for-abortionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=71364","title":{"rendered":"Praying For Abortionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/praying-for-abortionists\/\">The Christian approach seems naive.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Few Jews I know, or even know of, spend time praying for their enemies. Jews seem to have fewer scruples about hating their enemies while Christians seem to feel compelled to try to love their enemies.<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s that working out? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian approach seems naive. Few Jews I know, or even know of, spend time praying for their enemies. 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