{"id":12205,"date":"2009-02-25T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T08:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2009\/02\/25\/fess-up-to-messing-up-and-win-free-book\/"},"modified":"2009-02-25T08:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:47:31","slug":"fess-up-to-messing-up-and-win-free-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/fess-up-to-messing-up-and-win-free-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Fess Up to Messing Up and Win a Free Book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buildingchurchleaders.com\/images\/39729.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Outreach is a vulnerable thing, which is why most of us don&#8217;t do it as much as we should. Sometimes we even make fools of ourselves. 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