"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."
- David F. Wells
Thursday, October 29, 2009
I can't embed it, but it would not be a waste of time to watch this.
Great video. And the song is better than 80% of what the Beatles put out. [ducking]
(George even makes a cameo.)
Something about Nat King Cole mouthing "all debts are removed" gives me chills (in a good way).....also like the Elvis elongated falsetto on "see-ee-ee".......great song, great video - some gifted video editor appeared to have a lot of spare time on his/her hands.