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Chris Seay: Consumerism Is the Original Sin

We always want more.

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"More." That is how Chris Seay summarizes the dominant value of our consumer culture. We always want more. But it's not just the tempatation of contemporary America. Seay traces this original sin through the Bible beginning in the garden with Adam and Eve. He laments how, rather than confronting this sin, the church has embraced it in order to reach our culture.

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