Jeffrey Stivason
 

Idolatry is when we replace the giver with the gift.  Idolatry is when we offer our thanks to the thing rather than the one who gave it. Idolatry turns thanksgiving into a selfish holiday that promotes my joy in a thing rather than deepens my relationship with a person. A Christian Thanksgiving is indeed a counter-cultural event.  It reminds us that we are to be thankful, most of all, to the Triune God who has given to us the most blessed gift of all, His only begotten Son, that in Him we might have life.

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