{"id":58,"date":"2006-01-18T04:53:08","date_gmt":"2006-01-18T09:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:08:52","slug":"58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/58\/","title":{"rendered":"Divisions Beginning","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/Crack2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"290\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A GREAT<\/strong> division is occurring in the world today. People are having to choose sides. It is primarily a division of <em>moral<\/em> and <em>social<\/em> values, of <em>Gospel<\/em> principles versus <em>modern<\/em> presumptions.<\/p>\n<p>And it is exactly what Christ said would happen to families and nations when confronted with his presence:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;\">Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;\"> (Luke 12:51-52)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 A GREAT division is occurring in the world today. People are having to choose sides. 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