So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on … - David Platt

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I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.

David Platt

So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church.

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