{"id":11,"date":"2024-06-10T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:45:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:165px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"min-height:616px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"279\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-104\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-241ac615-52bd-4c3b-8339-b58d48a58b00.png\" style=\"object-position:58% 37%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 37%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-241ac615-52bd-4c3b-8339-b58d48a58b00.png 1200w, https:\/\/dewcom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-241ac615-52bd-4c3b-8339-b58d48a58b00-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/dewcom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-241ac615-52bd-4c3b-8339-b58d48a58b00-1024x238.png 1024w, https:\/\/dewcom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-241ac615-52bd-4c3b-8339-b58d48a58b00-768x179.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-87388b66c705f1f9865704a6e4a70ef7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c5180b;font-size:clamp(18.959px, 1.185rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.255), 30px);\">\u201cIf you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. 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