{"id":33708,"date":"2025-07-14T15:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=33708"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:02:23","slug":"volume-36-7-july","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/issue\/volume-36-7-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume 36 #7 &#8211; July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The story of David and Goliath is fascinating.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0It is a historic tale of a young man who had the epic courage to trust in God for victory. When you read that story, you can\u2019t help but wonder what Goliath looked like. Did the Sun reflect off his shield the day he fought David? Did he have matted, unkempt hair, or maybe a shaved head with something like a mohawk? And what about David? How old was he? What color was his hair and how long was it? Was he wiry and quick, or solid and strong, or maybe a little of both? The fact is, we can\u2019t know, because the Bible doesn\u2019t say. That doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t form a mental picture of what the stories might have been like in real life.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/discovery-bible-cards\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/issue\/?taxonomy=publication&amp;term=discovery\">Past Articles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of David and Goliath is fascinating.\u00a0It is a historic tale of a young man who had the epic courage to trust in God for victory. When you read that story, you can\u2019t help but wonder what Goliath looked like. Did the Sun reflect off his shield the day he fought David? Did he&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/issue\/volume-36-7-july\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"age-group":[171],"publication":[249],"class_list":["post-33708","issue","type-issue","status-publish","hentry","age-group-kids","publication-discovery"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/33708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issue"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"age-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age-group?post=33708"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=33708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}