{"id":16467,"date":"2013-03-26T09:20:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/?p=16467"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:11:31","slug":"why-cci-the-dna-of-christian-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddymartin.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/26\/why-cci-the-dna-of-christian-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Why CCI? 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Your watchmen lift up their voices, they shout joyfully together; for they will see with their own eyes when the LORD restores Zion.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>&#8220;Break forth, shout joyfully together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>&#8220;The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations, that all the ends of the earth may see the salvation of our God.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0(Isa 52:6-10)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/note]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 48px;\">J<\/span>ournal,<\/p>\n<p>I believe that every congregation of Christian believers is unique in their own right. 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