Topics:<\/b> Belief; Doctrine; Experiencing God; Faith; False Beliefs; Idolatry; Legalism; Religion; Self-righteousness<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Ezekiel 33:32; Matthew 23; Mark 7:9; John 14:6; Galatians 5:6; 1 Timothy 5:4; Titus 1:16; James 1:26\u201327<\/p>\n
One can love religion like anything else in life: sports, science, stamp collecting. One can love it for its own sake without relation to God or the world or life.<\/p>\n
Religion fascinates; it is entertaining. It has everything that is sought after by a certain type of person: aesthetics, mystery, the sacred, a feeling of one\u2019s importance and exclusive depth, etc. That kind of religion is not necessarily faith.<\/p>\n
\u2014Alexander Schmemann, The Journals of Alexander Schmemann<\/i>, 1973\u20131983<\/i> (St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Belief; Doctrine; Experiencing God; Faith; False Beliefs; Idolatry; Legalism; Religion; Self-righteousness References: Ezekiel 33:32; Matthew 23; Mark 7:9; John 14:6; Galatians 5:6; 1 Timothy 5:4; Titus 1:16; James 1:26\u201327 One can love religion like anything else in life: sports, science, stamp collecting. One can love it for its own sake without relation to God … Continue reading “COLLECTING
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