Materialism

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The Stanley Quencher Craze

Depending on how old you are, you remember the specific have-to-have-it faddish items that you needed if you desired to fit in with your peers. For those who are baby-boomers, it was yo’s-yo’s, clackers, mini-skirts and bell-bottomed jeans. There’s a…
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The Dangers of Material Property

Those of us who live here in North America have been deeply blessed in terms of material provisions and wealth. Relative to the rest of the world’s population, we are incredibly rich. Jesus warned about the dangers of money and…
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Who or What Can Save Our Kids

All this week we’re looking at the Apostle Paul’s New Testament letters and some trustworthy statements that we must know, embrace, and communicate to our kids. These are life-giving truths that must be completely accepted and believed. In First Timothy…
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The Dangers of Material Property

Those of us who live here in North America have been deeply blessed in terms of material provisions and wealth. Relative to the rest of the world’s population, we are incredibly rich. Jesus warned about the dangers of money and…
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Are You Raising Silver Spoon Kids?

One of the most alarming trends in today’s youth culture is a growing sense of entitlement. It’s especially prevalent among those children and teens living on the receiving end of a silver spoon. On the other end are parents who…
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Pushing Back on Materialism

When I was kid, whenever I would lament not having what the neighbor kids had my dad would address my envy by repeating the old cliché about the dangers of trying to keep up with the Jones’s. In a recent…
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High School Athletes and NIL Deals

I recently received this text message from a high school coach I know: “Would you please make people aware of high school athletes and the NIL deals? Something has to be done. It’s getting out of hand.” In case you’re…
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Anti-Materialism Parenting

Perhaps you’ve seen the bumper sticker that reads, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” That little saying captures the philosophy of life known as materialism. Sadly, it’s a philosophy of life embraced by most people in our American…
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Christmas Lists and Spiritual Emptiness

With Christmas just a few months away, those of us who have kids and grandkids will start receiving lists of what those kids and grandkids say they want to find under the tree. The pervasive and convincing presence of marketing…
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The Danger of Having Too Much

Recently, I was talking to a friend who is a baby-boomer like myself, about the great undeserved blessing we’ve had to be born when we were born into the place in which we’ve been born. Somehow and in some way,…
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