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This week, Paul warns that even committed Christians can drift into practical atheism,

living as if God doesn't exist, and urges believers, especially parents,

to actively counter the culture's denial of God by faithfully influencing our children

and our children's children.

Here's this week's Wednesday's word.

Last week, I wrote about practical atheism and how Christians, myself included, live in moments

of everyday life as if God doesn't exist.

As long as sin exists inside of us, it's true of every believer, no matter how long we've

walked with the Lord.

Maybe it's a moment when we give way to lust, or make ourselves the center of attention,

boasting to others and taking credit for what only God could

produce. Perhaps you functionally worship a created thing more than you do the creator. It could

look like buying something we don't need, and because we have, we then have little to nothing

left to contribute generously to God's kingdom work. Maybe it's a moment of road rage and traffic,

where you believe you are the most significant

person in the universe, and all other created beings should make way for your triumphant entry.

Perhaps it's interacting with a fellow human being made in the image of God, and you act as if you

are their God, and they are your subservient slave, and you are ungodly in your communication

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