{"id":9978,"date":"2019-03-21T12:20:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=9978"},"modified":"2019-03-21T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:20:33","slug":"the-joy-of-schadenfreude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=9978","title":{"rendered":"The joy of schadenfreude<\/i> …"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you know? The Southern Baptist Convention is shuttering its 170-Lifeway stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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LifeWay Christian Resources announced Wednesday (March 20) it will close all 170 of its brick-and-mortar stores this year.<\/p>\n

That comes as LifeWay, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, shifts its resources online, according to the announcement on LifeWay\u2019s Facts & Trends website. It will continue to offer resources through its website, customer resource center and network of partners who work directly with churches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know: It’s unseemly to rejoice at the misfortune of others, and I do<\/i> feel a bit of sympathy for those poor fools who are going to get their pink slip and wonder why Jesus let this happen — but I don’t mind admitting that I take pleasure from this sign of the SBC’s, and religion’s, continuing decline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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