Dig. Foreword It’s time for something radical. We’ve collectively experienced quite a lot since the beginning of 2020, and revival is ripe and ready to do what it does. I have a modest offering toward those ends, but I want to share it with you anyway.  As we approach a new year with renewal quivering… Read More »Dig. Foreword

Dig.   Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Introduction Have you ever experienced a moment when you park your car and realize you’ve just driven with no mental consciousness of driving?  Your car somehow operated on ‘autopilot’ while your mind worked over something completely unrelated to the task that carried you.  You turn off… Read More »Dig. Introduction

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 1. The Idol of Self(ie)  “The first thing to do in examining the power that dominates me is to take hold of the unwelcome fact that I am responsible for being thus dominated.  If I am a slave to myself, I am to blame because at… Read More »Dig. Chapter 1. The Idol of Self(ie)

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 2. The Idol of Feelings “Feelings live on the front row of our lives like unruly children clamoring for attention.  They presume on their justification in being whatever they are – unlike a thought, which by nature is open to challenge and invites the question ‘Why?’ … Read More »Dig. Chapter 2. The Idol of Feelings

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 3. The Idol of Comfort  “Pain does not exist until you feel it, and you feel it in your mind.”  – Dr. Paul Brand Reader, meet the Idol of Comfort.  I don’t need to introduce it to you because it knows you well.  It knows me… Read More »Dig. Chapter 3. The Idol of Comfort

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 4. The Idol of ValidatioN “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.”  – John 10:10 It happens when we post pictures of ourselves.  It happens when we send pictures of ourselves. … Read More »Dig. Chapter 4. The Idol of Validation

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 5. The Idol of Busy “Every age has its own characteristics.  Right now we are in an age of religious complexity.  The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us.  In its stead are programs, methods, organizations, and a world of nervous activities which… Read More »Dig. Chapter 5. The Idol of Busy

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 6. The Idol of Appearance(s)   “No man knows himself or can describe himself with fidelity.  But he can reveal himself.  This [was] especially true of Gandhi.  He believed in revealing himself.  He regarded secrecy as the enemy of freedom – not only the freedom of… Read More »Dig. Chapter 6. The Idol of Appearance(s)

Dig  Uncovering the Idols that Control Our Choices  Chapter 7. The Idol of Food “The test of spiritual concentration is bringing the imagination into captivity.  Is your imagination looking on the face of an idol?  Is the idol yourself?  Your work?  Your conception of what a worker should be?  Your experience of salvation and sanctification? … Read More »Dig. Chapter 7. The Idol of Food