{"id":130287,"date":"2026-02-26T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=130287"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:02:11","slug":"he-lays-down-his-life-for-his-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=130287","title":{"rendered":"He Lays Down His Life for His Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kevincarson.com\/2026\/02\/26\/he-lays-down-his-life-for-his-friends\/\" title=\"He Lays Down His Life for His Friends\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the tragic loss of two local sheriff\u2019s deputies, this reflection turns to Jesus\u2019 words in John 15:13 to consider the meaning of sacrificial love. While we grieve the evil that took these lives, we honor faithful service and are reminded that true love is most often lived out through daily, costly obedience shaped by Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/kevincarson.com\/2026\/02\/26\/he-lays-down-his-life-for-his-friends\/\">He Lays Down His Life for His Friends<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/kevincarson.com\">KevinCarson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the tragic loss of two local sheriff\u2019s deputies, this reflection turns to Jesus\u2019 words in John 15:13 to consider the meaning of sacrificial love. While we grieve the evil that took these lives, we honor faithful service and are reminded that true love is most often lived out through daily, costly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[17,434,457,3871,116],"class_list":["post-130287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kevin-carson","tag-christian-living","tag-community","tag-grief","tag-law-enforcement","tag-prayer","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/He-Lays-Dow-His-Lif-e-for-His-Friends-02.26.25-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130291,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130287\/revisions\/130291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/130290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}