An idol starts off as something good, a good part of God’s good creation. But when it attracts attention and begins to offer more than it can appropriately deliver, it starts to demand sacrifices. You have to abandon part of your proper allegiance to God – and often to your neighbors, your family, your other duties – in order to give fresh and inappropriate attention to the new idol, whatever it is.

- Broken Signposts, N.T. Wright

If you are what you love, and your ultimate loves are formed and aimed by your immersion in practices and cultural rituals, then such practices fundamentally shape who you are. At stake here is your very identity, your fundamental allegiances, your core convictions and passions that center both your self-understanding and your way of life. In other words, this contest of cultural practices is a competition for your heart – the center of the human person designed for God. You

- Are What You Love, The Spiritual Power of Habit – James K.A. Smith

Worshiping the God we see in Jesus orients our whole being, our imagination, our will, our hopes, and our fears away from the world where Mars, Mammon, and Aphrodite (violence, money and sex) make absolute demands and punish anyone who resists. It orients us instead to a world in which love is stronger than death, the poor are promised the kingdom, and chastity (whether married or single) reflects the holiness and faithfulness of God himself.

-Simply Jesus, N.T. Wright

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KIDS:

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YOUTH:

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