{"id":13378,"date":"2026-02-15T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwc.jp\/?p=13378"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:40:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:40:42","slug":"how-love-works-rev-spencer-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwc.jp\/en\/how-love-works-rev-spencer-patrick\/","title":{"rendered":"How Love Works- Rev. Spencer Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How Love Works- Rev. Spencer Patrick\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1165071114?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What is love really? At Victory Word Center, we have been talking about it this month. The Bible\u2019s New Testament was written in Greek as that was the language of commerce at the time. Today the language of commerce is thankfully English. 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