{"id":101,"date":"2009-04-07T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/04\/74-challenging.html"},"modified":"2009-04-07T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T20:33:00","slug":"74-challenging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/04\/74-challenging.html","title":{"rendered":"#74 Challenging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Sd4ztFPh_4I\/AAAAAAAAA7E\/iwfdnHU0Y3Y\/s1600-h\/8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;width: 400px;height: 258px;text-align: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Sd4ztFPh_4I\/AAAAAAAAA7E\/iwfdnHU0Y3Y\/s400\/8.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>People in Christian culture like to say &#8220;I challenge you to,&#8221; followed by a verb. The verb is often &#8220;invite.&#8221; The direct object is often &#8220;someone.&#8221; This time of year, the indirect object is often &#8220;Easter service.&#8221; However, many challenges culminate in the reading of a certain article or book, witnessing, or the memorization of Scripture. Doing this can even put you in the running to receive an iPod.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Sd403aChFNI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/FyCIKp0z5_Y\/s1600-h\/7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;width: 259px;height: 400px;text-align: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Sd403aChFNI\/AAAAAAAAA7U\/FyCIKp0z5_Y\/s400\/7.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for teens, a special &#8220;xtreme&#8221; challenge, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuffchristianculturelikes.com\/2008\/12\/christian-items-marketed-to-teens.html\">grungey font<\/a> to attract their attention in ways Helvetica cannot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Sd4z_TaX18I\/AAAAAAAAA7M\/G8j4l4mxWmg\/s1600-h\/xtreme-logo.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;width: 225px;height: 117px;text-align: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Sd4z_TaX18I\/AAAAAAAAA7M\/G8j4l4mxWmg\/s400\/xtreme-logo.bmp\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Christian culture like to say &#8220;I challenge you to,&#8221; followed by a verb. 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