{"id":7592,"date":"2015-12-11T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/?p=7592"},"modified":"2015-11-23T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T18:00:04","slug":"offended-in-christ-soren-kierkegaard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/2015\/12\/11\/offended-in-christ-soren-kierkegaard\/","title":{"rendered":"Offended in Christ | S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/220px-Kierkegaard-e1448297235467-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Kierkegaard\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/220px-Kierkegaard-e1448297235467.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/220px-Kierkegaard-e1448297235467.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/220px-Kierkegaard-e1448297235467.jpg?resize=166%2C166&amp;ssl=1 166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/220px-Kierkegaard-e1448297235467.jpg?fit=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The greatest possible human misery, greater even than sin, is to be offended in Christ and remain offended.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard,\u00a0<em>Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death<\/em>, Trans. 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