Showing posts with label Exodus 20:1-3. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Filling the emptiness


After Exodus 20:1-3
 

To follow other gods

is to worship self,

really. The heart

pumps the blood

of self and ego,

grasping anything

that feeds our

belief that we are

the center of

the universe, that

no one, no thing 

is more important.

Nothing else is

allowed to sit

on the throne

of the human heart,

the empty throne,

the empty heart.

Only one thing

fills the empty

heart.

Only one.

 

Photograph by Vlad Kutepov via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Sunday Readings

 

Who Were the Hittites? – Robert Marineau at Tyndale House.

 

I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow – Jacob Crouch.

 

No Little People, No Little Places – Randy Alcorn at Eternal Perspective Ministries. 

 

The Problem of Faith Today – Josef Pieper at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

Friday, October 11, 2024

Idols and gods


After Exodus 20:1-3
 

I’m not a pagan, 

worshipping any and

all, including unknown

gods. I know my faith;

I know who my one,

true God is. I tithe.

I serve. So what do

you mean to tell me

not to worship 

other gods? What is

this you hand me,

this list? (Reading.)

Money, Security. 

Success. Comfort. 

Recognition. Politics.

Beauty. Books. Power.

Popularity. Influence.

Control. Being obeyed.

Philosophy, Knowledge.

Education. Wealth.

Gluttony. Lust. 

The list goes on and

on, unending.

Oh.

 

Photograph by Egor Myznok via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Friday Readings

 

Bells Toll – Paul Phillips at He’s Taken Leave.

 

The Daily Dance of Family Life – Seth Lewis.

 

The Normalization of Slander – Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition.