"Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless……" — Marva Dawn
"Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create the ease we have never found). The marketers don't tell us much about their products, but they spend a great deal of energy (and enormous amounts of money) appealing to our fears and dreams. Thus, the idolatry of possessions plays to the deeper idolatry of our selves-and in an endlessly consuming society, persons are always remaking themselves with new belongings."
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12 Quotes by Marva Dawn
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God's revelation... unmasks our illusions about ourselves. It exposes our pride, our individualism, our self-centeredness - in short, our sin.…
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In a time of infirmity, the illness IS one's work. Taking care of all the disciplines that our health problems…
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Every other religion gives you directions on how to find God, but Jesus takes you to Him.
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Without the emotion and willingness of Spirit, our music becomes dry and dusty—without life. Without doctrinal bones as a skeleton,…
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Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and…
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This sense of being made in God's image calls us all constantly to look for it in others and to…
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The Christian life consists in what God does for us, not what we do for God.
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Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our…
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If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be…
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Instead of scrambling for security in national victory and domination, in preparation for war and military aggression, we must relearn…
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If believers worship with gladness and passion, anyone not yet a part of the community certainly will be attracted to…
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