{"id":52086,"date":"1998-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/most-powerful-word\/"},"modified":"1998-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1998-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"most-powerful-word","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/most-powerful-word\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Powerful Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the most powerful word in the English language? Is it &#8220;honor&#8221; or &#8220;love&#8221; or &#8220;country&#8221;? Maybe it&#8217;s &#8220;sacrifice.&#8221;<\/p>\n    <p>Stu Weber, who has written the book called <em>Tender Warrior<\/em>, says, &#8220;How about the word &#8216;dad&#8217;? Just walk through what you know about life. 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