Idolatry

We are so free as Christians that we don't even have to compare ourselves to other Christians.

To be lukewarm is to take refuge in your own works apart from the works of God.

The prophets of old were right: we do resemble what we revere. Our anthropology is hijacked by materialism. We become just stuff who consume stuff and hope to have enough stuff to make life worth it.

Following him will also mean keeping our eyes locked on him so unswervingly that we don’t have the time or energy to be standing on tiptoes, peeping over fences into other people’s troubles and struggles.

So much religion is all about us getting this or getting that. The God who comes to us in Jesus is all about giving us himself over and over.