{"id":884,"date":"2008-10-27T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T11:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/10\/matthew-25-slaps-focus-airs-ob.html"},"modified":"2008-10-27T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T11:35:34","slug":"matthew-25-slaps-focus-airs-ob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/10\/matthew-25-slaps-focus-airs-ob.html","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 25 Slaps Focus, Airs Obama Christian Testimony Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The faith-based pro-Obama PAC Matthew 25 Network has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthew25.org\/fotf_response.php\">posted its rejoinder to Focus on the Family&#8217;s letter from 2012<\/a>, which looked back on what Focus considers a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/10\/does-the-christian-right-regre.html\">disastrous Obama first term<\/a>.Matthew 25 is also out with two Christian radio ads, to air in Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina. 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