{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Bible and Culture","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture","author_name":"Ben Witherington","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/author\/bwitherington","title":"Pagan Christianity?- Ask St. Nick - The Bible and Culture","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m8M3xruaJi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2008\/06\/pagan-christianity-ask-st-nick.html\">Pagan Christianity?&#8211; Ask St. Nick<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2008\/06\/pagan-christianity-ask-st-nick.html\/embed#?secret=m8M3xruaJi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Pagan Christianity?&#8211; Ask St. Nick&#8221; &#8212; The Bible and Culture\" data-secret=\"m8M3xruaJi\" 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\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"There has been a lot of loose talk of late about pagan Christianity. I want to say from the outset that most of this sort of rhetoric about pagan Christianity, and it is rhetoric, is either false, or based on half truths. One of the more frequent parts of this discussion has to do with&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/SFmzl6y_PPI\/AAAAAAAAA1U\/CbRvUf-wfOg\/s400\/Russian_icon_Instaplanet_Saint_Nicholas.JPG"}