{"id":33137,"date":"2021-12-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=33137"},"modified":"2021-12-11T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:22:20","slug":"a-crowd-of-support-for-pastors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/04\/a-crowd-of-support-for-pastors\/","title":{"rendered":"A Crowd of Support for Pastors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 4 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. 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