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Originally Posted by Ohio
The Lord never said it was wrong not to have other loves, only that He would be our first. Your comment seems extreme. I heard it too in the LC. Brothers could not even love their wives and kids fearing they could become an idol. That's crazy. Without healthy loves in our life, we become vulnerable to loving "the ministry" and only "the ministry."
Worshiping idols is not the same as love in my book. I heard this nonsense for years, i.e. "Anything we love can be an idol." I'm not buying it any more. I don't see that in the scripture.
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My response to the bolded above - yes, that is extreme!
"Can be an idol" is the key - you certainly don't have an idol if you don't love it, is my thought. I said "I love my country" and I do. Do you think this can be taken too far?