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Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

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To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life.
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If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to merit God's salvation you haven't believed at all, even if you try to do a little bit.
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What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.
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