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...We look around for ways to affirm and cultivate our new life in Christ... We soon find, quite to our delight, that there is a lot to choose from. A huge religious marketplace has been set up in North America to meet the needs and fantasies of people just like us. There are conferences and gatherings custom-designed to give us the lift we need... The process is addicting. We become consumers of packaged spiritualities. This is idolatry... It's God packaged as a product -- God depersonalized... The late medieval indulgences that provoked Luther's righteous wrath are small potatoes compared to what's going on in our evangelical backyard. (Living the Resurrection)