Tag Archives: materialism

28 Dec, 2009

Global-lukewarming

Lukewarmness is that curdled milk left out on the table all day. I’ll take ice cold milk, or a hot-milk-chocolate drink anytime but you can keep the lukewarm milk. Yuck.
I often wonder about where lukewarmness in the Church comes from or how it becomes so. It may as well be for a multitude of reasons, [...]

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05 Jul, 2008

Christianity and Consumerism

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Christianity and Consumerism

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30 Jul, 2007

Materialism Supplement

For a different look at Materialism: http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=6521
“Materialism is a worldview based on a naturalistic understanding of reality. In materialism, the natural world is all there is. There is no supernatural—neither spirit nor soul nor God. There is only “nature”: the cosmic matrix of matter and energy operating according to physical laws. Reality is what is [...]

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25 Jul, 2007

Bondage to Materialism (Mindlessness)

God wants to bless us and pour out his abundant goodness upon us. He provides for our food and clothing and shelter. He is gracious with these things even. At times, there is wine and tasty bread to be had from his hand.
The problem is not whether one has nice things or not. The problem [...]

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