Friday, January 21, 2011

Easier, Cheaper and Faster

We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess is reviewed in the New York Times. One paragraph reads:

"The growing epidemic of obesity, the reckless debt that contributed to the financial crisis, the proliferation of so-called addictions to everyday activities from shopping to video games to sex are all evidence of how a technologically advanced capitalist democracy makes temptation easier, cheaper and faster to indulge than most Americans seem equipped to manage sensibly."

Here are some interesting thoughts that most Americans don't seem to want to hear. Giving into temptation has become easier, cheaper and faster. This can't be a good thing.

Unfortunately it seems to also have infected the church. We want easier, cheaper and faster spiritual growth. Anything that hints of tentatio is rejected.