{"id":725,"date":"2018-12-03T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblefreak.org\/teaching\/?p=725"},"modified":"2019-12-26T23:18:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T07:18:56","slug":"725","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblefreak.org\/teaching\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"Christ Our Consolation (Luke 2:25-35)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1118\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/biblefreak.org\/teaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Christ-Our-Consolation-Elder-Matthew-Davis-1241800114911.mp3'>Christ Our Consolation<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblefreak.org\\\/teaching\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/Christ-Our-Consolation-Elder-Matthew-Davis-1241800114911.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Christ Our Consolation\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Christ Our Consolation\\\" from Covenant Reformed Church GV by Elder Matthew Davis. 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