Placing Friends Above Christ

from Encounter Recovery Ministries · host Rick Peterson

There is value in social connection. We all need to feel we belong. But when we stay in a corrupt church "because our friends are there" we are placing felt needs above your devotion to Christ, and created an idol.

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