008 - It's a Little More than Bowing to a Stupid Stone!

Published: Dec. 22, 2006, 10:21 a.m.

b'"Idolatry? No Joe, say it ain\'t so!"\\nAs Christians living in the age of apathy, opulence, lukewarmness and compromise, we are just as guilty of the sin of idolatry as the church of Corinth was two millennia ago. \\nAnd you would think that we would know better. Ugh!\\nCome on, you know it\'s true. \\nConsider the church\'s compulsion, no... it\'s lustful addiction for prosperity (always defined as stuff), popularity, ease, wealth, and physical health. And what are we willing to do to secure these "prosperity rights" as we call them?\\nJust about anything. \\nWe will create and bow down to any idol (teacher, theology, experience, etc.) that holds out to us the vain hope of self-determination.\\nOh, but there\'s more. Let\'s talk about it...'