{"id":190,"date":"2005-07-11T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-11T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/07\/if-youve-never-read.html"},"modified":"2005-07-11T05:09:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-11T05:09:00","slug":"if-youve-never-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/07\/if-youve-never-read.html","title":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;ve never read&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>When I was first teaching in seminary, we brought in Robert Banks who spoke on a book he had just written, but he also spoke with me about a book called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0940232375\/qid=1121083743\/sr=1-1\/ref=sr_1_1\/002-2674248-1752815?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Going to Church in the First Century<\/span><\/a> and if you&#8217;ve not read it, it is worth it. 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