{"id":30,"date":"2020-08-30T23:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T23:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box5853.temp.domains\/~leavenod\/\/?p=30"},"modified":"2020-08-30T23:20:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T23:20:36","slug":"welcome-to-leave-no-doubt-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/welcome-to-leave-no-doubt-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To The &#8220;Leave No Doubt&#8221; Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We live in such a crazy world where it is getting harder and harder to know fact from fiction; what is real and what is being made up or manipulated.&nbsp; As I write this, we are in week 11 of the COVID-19 stay at home shutdown.&nbsp; Did the government do the right thing by closing all the businesses considered nonessential and creating such an economic burden?&nbsp; I honestly don\u2019t know,  as the data is all over the place and being reported differently in contrasting views&nbsp;all over the place.&nbsp; It is hard to tell what is real, who really has the correct data, and\/or if it is being interpreted correctly.&nbsp; This post is not looking to solve the above problem, but to show why&nbsp;the writers&nbsp;are starting this blog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Living in a world with so many competing ideas, it is even more critical today to understand why we believe what we believe and what we can do to uphold those beliefs.&nbsp; We are starting this blog&nbsp;to talk through those ideas and \u201cLeave No Doubt\u201d as to why we should hold them close to our hearts and actively defend them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Leave No Doubt Blog<\/em> we will touch on several issue and topics, but the main themes will be in three areas: Apologetics, Political Freedom, and Leadership.&nbsp; I am sure we will delve into other areas as well, but as we were in the pre-planning stages we decided to focus mostly on the ideas and beliefs that make Christianity so special.&nbsp;&nbsp;This blog and its writers we will be looking to bring forth truth from the biblical Christian worldview to help strengthen people&#8217;s (including the writers&#8217;) commitment to Christ and the biblical Christian worldview.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1088\" height=\"734\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-280\" data-id=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.jpg?resize=1088%2C734&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.jpg?w=1088&amp;ssl=1 1088w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.jpg?resize=1024%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.jpg?resize=768%2C518&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1088\" height=\"626\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-281\" data-id=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3.jpg?resize=1088%2C626&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3.jpg?w=1088&amp;ssl=1 1088w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3.jpg?resize=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3.jpg?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1088\" height=\"645\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-282\" data-id=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4.jpg?resize=1088%2C645&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4.jpg?w=1088&amp;ssl=1 1088w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C607&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4.jpg?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So why touch on politics or bring up the COVID question if our goal is to help people strengthen their Christian Worldview?&nbsp; Great question!&nbsp; There seems to be this notion that religion and politics are two different things and should be kept separate.&nbsp; I am sure you have heard the saying,&nbsp;\u201cReligion has no place in politics\u201d.  This couldn\u2019t be further from the truth.&nbsp; It should really be amended to say something more like, \u201cGovernments shouldn\u2019t limit or control religion.\u201d&nbsp; Those are two very different things. &nbsp;I could go into reasons now, but for the sake of time and to adhere to the the purpose of this post, we will address that in later blog posts.&nbsp;&nbsp;I will just say this:  As Christians, we have an obligation to understand the Christian worldview and employ our understanding of it in the exercise of our right to vote..&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terry, Josh, and&nbsp;Jeff are looking forward to&nbsp;bringing&nbsp;truth to you via this blog.&nbsp; Our prayer is that God will use this blog to help people build a closer relationship to him and feel more confident in&nbsp;engaging practically in our crazy world today.&nbsp; Keep Safe and Leave No Doubt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in such a crazy world where it is getting harder and harder to know fact from fiction; what is real and what is being made up or manipulated.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-for-fun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc4225-u","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leavenodoubt.blog\/~leavenod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}