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How Did We Get Here? Understanding the Path to Secular Christianity: Idolatry

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How did we get here? I have pondered this question more and more since I wrote my last blog. I believe the pathway to secular Christianity by most is unintentional. It creeps in undetected. That's why being aware of these flagstones is so important.  This summer I spoke at a family camp. It was a tremendous time for myself and my family. One of the talks I gave was on one such flagstone:idolatry. If I asked the average Christian, “Do you worship any idols?” I assume most would say “No.” This is because they automatically think of the golden calf in the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Or perhaps they are thinking of Exodus 20: 3-4 “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.” They would be right in identifying this kind of idol. But this type of idol is not what I mean. Instead, I mean what do you worship – spend tim