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Jesus is teaching us to stop loving things and using people and start using things and loving people. -
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Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap. -
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There was a period when I believed stuff meant something. I thought that if you had matching side chairs and a sofa that harmonized and some beautiful lamps to light them you would have a home, that e... -
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The best things in life aren't things. -
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Persecution was the devil’s second-best tactic. His best tactic is materialism, and we in the West have been sleepwalkers in our faith for too long, forgetting in the midst of a life of material ease ... -
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Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else. -
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An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, whil... -
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The world says: "You have needs — satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This ... -
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Who do you think has the deepest, most satisfying joy in life, the man who pays $140 for a fortieth-floor suite downtown and spends his evening in the half-lit, smoke-filled lounge impressing strange ... -
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A strange species we are, we can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable,... -
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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for? -
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The most terrible thing about materialism, even more terrible than its proneness to violence, is its boredom, from which sex alcohol, drugs, all devices for putting out the accusing light of reason an... -
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There is no such thing as material covetousness. All covetousness is spiritual. ...Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will conten... -
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The minute you hear a sermon on materialism, you're glad somebody else is there to hear it. -
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The grace that has freed us from bondage to sin is desperately needed to free us from our bondage to materialism. -
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Materialism is the mother of anxiety. -
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Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for this reason, needs to be understood less in terms of budgets... -
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People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart. It actually makes an unhappy heart. And an unhappy wor... -
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But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They... -
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Let temporal things serve your use, but the eternal be the object of your desire. -
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The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plai... -
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The three immutable facts: You own stuff. You will die. Someone will get that stuff. -
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American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we’ve ever had because it is so materialistic and it’s so full of lies…. The problem is people have been treated as consumers for so long ... -
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Den som köper det han inte behöver stjäl från sig själv. He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. -
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But even in the much-publicized rebellion of the young against the materialism of the affluent society, the consumer mentality is too often still intact: the standards of behavior are still those of k... -
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. -
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Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist. -
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Lack of repentance is the root cause of powerlessness in the church, in this materialistic, self-indulgent age. There can be no spiritual power in a non-repentant church.
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