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The Peril of Lesser Goals

I asked a preacher, "How are you getting along?" He said, "We are living in idolatry--just sitting around admiring our new church. We have arrived; we have it made--no more worlds to conquer." What ought to be a milestone has become a millstone. We have run out of goals.

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