{"id":5356,"date":"2019-09-05T14:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:38:37","slug":"hot-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/sermon-series\/09\/05\/hot-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19-hot-topics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19-hot-topics.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19-hot-topics-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19-hot-topics-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19-hot-topics-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>Hot Topics is a collection of messages that deal with some of the top issues of the day. 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