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The Peril of Lesser Goals

I asked a preacher, "How are you getting along?" He said, "We are living in idolatry--just sitting around admiring our new church. We have ...


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No One to Thank

It is a terrible thing to be grateful and have no one to thank, to be awed and have no one to worship.


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The Meaning of Worship

Worship is pulling our affections off our idols and putting them on God.


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Substitutes for God

People repeatedly will choose substitutes for God.


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Bad Influences

When I was a little girl my mother would often say to me, "Edith, I know just who you've been playing with today." She knew because I had ...


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Luther on the Ten Commandments

The First Commandment: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. What does this mean? Answer: We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.

The ...


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Creating What Destroys Us

In The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and ...


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Sport as Religion

"Sport is America's newest and fastest-growing religion, far outdistancing whatever is in second place," says Charles S. Prebish, associate ...


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