Commenting on Romans 5:3-5, Augustine said,

Who can hurt such a man? Who can subdue him? In prosperity he makes moral progress, and in adversity he learns to know the progress he has made. When he has an abundance of mutable goods he does not put his trust in them, and when they are taken away he gets to know whether or not they have taken him captive (Of True Religion).

O how easy it is to be taken captive by an abundance of mutable goods.  And O how abundant everything is in America.  As any good Presbyterian, I love Christian freedom.  But I’ve found myself using it as an excuse to ignore the massive problems in my heart by not denying myself those things which hold me captive and simply waving the banner of Romans 14 over my idols.

The following video is for my own encouragement.  It’s too easy for me to forget the cross when I’m surrounded by Disneyland.

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