{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Aletheia Baptist Ministries","provider_url":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog","author_name":"Rick Shrader","author_url":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/author\/rick\/","title":"Dining with the Devil - Aletheia Baptist Ministries","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A0Sb3rTk2l\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/book-review\/dining-with-the-devil-guinness-june-1998\/\">Dining with the Devil<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/book-review\/dining-with-the-devil-guinness-june-1998\/embed\/#?secret=A0Sb3rTk2l\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Dining with the Devil&#8221; &#8212; Aletheia Baptist Ministries\" data-secret=\"A0Sb3rTk2l\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/06\/Dining-with-the-Devil.png","thumbnail_width":332,"thumbnail_height":548,"description":"I had read Os Guinness before but was recommended this 1993 book by a friend.\u00a0 The sub-title is The Megachurch Movement Flirts With Modernity. In chapter one, titled \u201cOne Main Question\u201d, Guinness asks, \u201cIn implementing its vision of church growth, is the church of Christ primarily guided and shaped by its own character and calling\u2014or [&hellip;]"}