Imitate Love (3 John 11)

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The Christian life ought to be characterized by freedom, not rules and regulations.  Other religions will give you long to-do lists of prayers and practices and menus and pilgrimages, and you have to follow them to be a member in good standing.  Christians basically have one command: to love.  Augustine famously summarized it this way:
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Big Business, Little Service (Gal 5:14)

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Religious superstition is a huge industry. Who knows how many billions of dollars are spent every year on amulets, statues, candles, medallions, icons, relics, special foods, holy water, special breathing techniques, anointed oil, prayer cloths, grave soaking, and pilgrimages?  I’ve been watching Leah Remini’s documentary on Scientology, and I was shocked to find out how
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