{"id":1178,"date":"2008-02-29T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2008-02-29T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:04:55","slug":"moderation_in_all_things_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"Moderation in all things…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent my formative years attending the Amherst Foursquare Church. It pains me to type the word, “Amherst<\/a>” because they were the arch-rivals of my hometown, Vermilion<\/a>, idyllically situated on the shores of Lake Erie.
\nAnyway, the Foursquare Church<\/a> is a Pentecostal denomination of a few million started by the early-century revivalist Aimee Semple-McPherson<\/a> (who was a fascinating individual and figure). I never knew what all the fuss was over women’s ordination! My experience in the church was good and bad and I’m glad I grew up there.
\nSo, one of the tenants of belief held by the Foursquare Church that I have come to appreciate is this:<\/p>\n

Moderation<\/strong>
\nWe believe a Christians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 moderation should be obvious to others and that relationship with Jesus should never lead people into extremes of fanaticism; their lives should model that of Christ in uprightness, balance, humility, and self-sacrifice (Colossians 3:12, 13; Philippians 4:5).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems a bit ironic that Aimee penned this tenant, because, well, I suppose it was a tenant she hoped to live into because her life seemed not quite moderate. Moderation in all things – lives model after that of Christ consisting of balance, humility, and self-sacrifice. This is a good word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent my formative years attending the Amherst Foursquare Church. It pains me to type the word, “Amherst” because they were the arch-rivals of my hometown, Vermilion, idyllically situated on the shores of Lake Erie. Anyway, the Foursquare Church is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}