{"id":2619,"date":"2020-11-16T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:12:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:12:40","slug":"starbucks-redeemed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=2619","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Redeemed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D2619&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"91fa-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"91fa-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">After suffering stiff criticism from some Christians for eliminating snow flakes from it seasonal coffee cups some time ago, the caffeine giant has come out with its Christmas Blend 2020. No punches pulled here, fellow Christians. Starbucks doesn&#8217;t resort to euphemisms like &#8220;holiday blend,&#8221; or &#8220;winter blend.&#8221; It&#8217;s the flat out Christmas blend at Starbucks. Why aren&#8217;t Christian critics cheering? 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