"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, September 2, 2010
He redecorated the Oval office!
the White House ditched the light-colored formal-looking couches that sat in former President George W. Bush's Oval Office. It also jettisoned the former occupant's sunburst rug and cream painted walls.
In their place, there's wall paper with a light beige stripe and caramel-colored, more informal couches that appear to some eyes to give off more of the air of a family room than a formal office occupied by the world's most powerful head of state.
How dare he?
I'm actually surprised it took this long...
Gallery of past oval offices.
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Comments on "When Obama Says "Change", He Means It.":
2. Shrode
- 09/04/2010 8:57 am CDT
Bobbi,
Did you really? Seriously? You sent a comment to the White House about the decor of the oval office.
Wow.
If you did, I'm pretty sure you are the one we should thank for the change. :-)
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Maybe it was the comment I sent to the White House asking the yellow African looking curtain behind Obama during press conferences be replaced with something in a light blue!