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The Big Idea: The worst kind of idols are the ones we don’t even notice creeping into our life little by little.
“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”
- Matthew 7:3
Self reflection is a necessary yet often elusive part of living a christian life. So often we get sucked into the immediacy of life, and things around us, that we walk along with logs large enough to start a campfire sticking right out of our eyes. Â
Examples of Creeping Idols
- EfficiencyÂ
- Entertainment
- Productivity
- Power/Fame/“Momentum”
“Humans persons are not primarily, or for the most part thinkers, or even believers. Instead, human persons - fundamentally and primordially - lovers.”
- Desiring the Kingdom by James Smith