{"id":2257,"date":"2012-03-26T16:26:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2012-03-26T16:26:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:26:14","slug":"transitions-at-the-cross-from-foe-to-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/26\/transitions-at-the-cross-from-foe-to-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitions at the Cross: From Foe to Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I looked in the cupboard this week and saw that our Easter Bunny<\/strong>\u00a0had bought the Candy-coated Milk Chocolate Eggs.\u00a0They are making their procession from Hershey to the grocery store to our cupboard to the Easter Basket.\u00a0The Shields family is heading quickly toward Easter.<\/p>\n<p>You and I are doing something similar.\u00a0We\u2019re not stocking up on chocolate bunnies here at church, but we are progressing from Sunday to Sunday on our way to Resurrection Sunday.\u00a0And as we travel this road, we are giving thought to some transitions brought about by the Cross of Christ.\u00a0We\u2019ve talked about the transitions from\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fear to Freedom.<\/li>\n<li>Remembering to Rejoicing.<\/li>\n<li>And Impossibilities to Realities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In this podcast<\/strong>, I talk about the Transition from Foe to Friend.\u00a0It&#8217;s the Cross of Christ that makes this transition possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6742\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2257-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/holidays\/easter\/20120325TransitionsAtTheCross-FromFoeToFriend.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/holidays\/easter\/20120325TransitionsAtTheCross-FromFoeToFriend.mp3\">http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/holidays\/easter\/20120325TransitionsAtTheCross-FromFoeToFriend.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/holidays\/easter\/20120325TransitionsAtTheCross-FromFoeToFriend.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=2257-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/holidays\/easter\/20120325TransitionsAtTheCross-FromFoeToFriend.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20120325TransitionsAtTheCross-FromFoeToFriend.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I looked in the cupboard this week and saw that our Easter Bunny\u00a0had bought the Candy-coated Milk Chocolate Eggs.\u00a0They are making their procession from Hershey to the grocery store to our cupboard to the Easter Basket.\u00a0The Shields family is heading &hellip; 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