The Big Giveaway Pt. 1
Sometimes you have to be careful what you preach. Last week I preached the first sermon in an Advent series called "Stuff: Are the Things We Buy Killing Christmas?" I had a lot of people approach me after that sermon and tell me how much it affected them. One of those people was my wife. She told me on Sunday that she had been really moved by what I said---particularly the part about how when we put our focus on acquiring "Stuff" we participate in idol worship and by extension collude (albeit unwittingly) with the demonic. I also essentially said, "Christmas is in crisis, and Christians aren't helping." So a couple of days later, my wife came to me and said, "I know what we need to do." Apparently she had been listening to the morning radio show on our local Christian radio station. I do my best not to listen to morning radio shows--even Christian ones--but my wife is a better Christian than I am. I am serious when I say th...