{"id":2897,"date":"2025-06-18T01:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.churchofinquiry.org\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2025-11-10T17:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:56:24","slug":"sermon-9-the-parable-of-the-taoist-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.churchofinquiry.org\/?p=2897","title":{"rendered":"Sermon 9:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Parable of the Taoist Farmer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YeOpczYm-qE?si=T_nNvkS_7n3rzwdD\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\">Listen to Sermon 9<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button 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