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 "question": "To what does the writer of Hebrews compare the Christian life?",
 "answer": "The writer of Hebrews compares the Christian life to a race, and the believer to an athlete. God has set before every one of us a race to run—a personal destiny in His plan—and no one fulfills that destiny by accident. As an athlete who wants the ecstasy of victory must first endure the agony of training, so we run our race with discipline, endurance, and a fixed focus on the goal.",
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 "lesson_title": "The Race—The Christian Life",
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  "What does the writer of Hebrews compare the Christian journey to in the Bible?",
  "How does the author of Hebrews describe living a Christian life in the New Testament?",
  "What athletic analogy does the book of Hebrews use to describe our Christian path?"
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 "topic_anchor": null,
 "derivation": "voice-rewritten",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics, Unit 3, Lesson 3-1 - The Race—The Christian Life (Review q1)",
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   "display": "1 Corinthians 9:24-27",
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   "display": "Hebrews 12",
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