{"id":907,"date":"2009-02-26T08:48:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=907"},"modified":"2009-02-26T08:48:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T14:48:27","slug":"lent-standing-by-your-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2009\/02\/lent-standing-by-your-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent: Standing By Your Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (February 25, 2009) &#8211;\u00a0<em>John Weborg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at North Park Theological Seminary and a long-time columnist for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/communications\/companion\" target=\"_blank\">The Covenant Companion<\/a>. Each week during Lent, we are sharing one of his columns that originally appeared in the magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Dr. John Weborg<\/p>\n<p>Christmas is the Word made flesh. Epiphany is the Word gone public. Lent is the demonstration of the Word worthy of public trust under the most adverse conditions. Jesus stood by his word and stood with it, identified fully with the destiny to which his words carried him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item6889\">Read the rest<\/a> of this Cov News story. (Hint: It&#8217;s worth it.:)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=907&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (February 25, 2009) &#8211;\u00a0John Weborg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at North Park Theological Seminary and a long-time columnist for\u00a0The Covenant Companion. Each week during Lent, we are sharing one of his columns that originally appeared in the magazine. By Dr. John Weborg Christmas is the Word made flesh. 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