Tag: consumerism

Financial independence. Owning a home. Being well regarded. Travelling the world. Is this what it means to live "the good life"? Jarrod Stackelroth discusses.

To buy or sell? Perhaps, one day soon, we won't even get to choose.

More than 3000 times a day, we are sold the lie that we are a purchase away from happiness.

Why being one with Christ requires us to lose our minds.

Why different generations need each other—especially in the Church.

In order for us to be "cheerful givers", we actually have to give.

Faithfulness is a quality that is all too rare in this material age.

"What’s so wrong with having stuff, anyway? If it’s so bad, why does everybody have it?"

I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling as though every time I drive past a billboard, find a store catalogue in my mailbox or turn on the television I’m being bombarded with messages that I need more stuff.

Almost 18 years ago, Christian author Christopher Smith—once and for all—stopped going to church. Why?