{"id":480,"date":"2021-09-29T20:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T20:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/?p=480"},"modified":"2021-09-29T20:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T20:27:34","slug":"the-emotional-effects-of-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/2021\/09\/29\/the-emotional-effects-of-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emotional Effects of Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I could definitely relate to the idea of getting some sort of emotional response from reading different scriptures. From my own experience with reading the Bible, I have found a great deal of it very relatable to my own life, especially in the New Testament. I think it also very true that different people can experience different emotions from different areas of music or text. The response that scripture elicits is absolutely dependent on a person&#8217;s current situation. I think music can also amplify the emotional response if it lines up with a person&#8217;s current emotions. If a person is struggling through a difficult time in their life, songs of perseverance may inspire them, and songs of anxiety and depression may cause them to relive their own anxieties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I could definitely relate to the idea of getting some sort of emotional response from reading different scriptures. From my own experience with reading the Bible, I have found a great deal of it very relatable to my own life, especially in the New Testament. I think it also very true that different people can&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/2021\/09\/29\/the-emotional-effects-of-scripture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Emotional Effects of Scripture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9197368,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9197368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/pca263fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}