{"id":864,"date":"2008-10-11T10:13:04","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T10:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/between_us_and_god.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:46","slug":"between_us_and_god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/between_us_and_god.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Between Us and God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/self-righteousness-and-idolatry.html\">Another goodie<\/a> courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\">Jared<\/a>:<br \/>\n<em>Your badness is not as great a barrier between you and God as your goodness.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8212; <strong>Ray Ortlund<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Mull that over for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another goodie courtesy of Jared: Your badness is not as great a barrier between you and God as your goodness. &#8212; 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