Book: The Rebel Sell by Heath\/Potter<\/p>\n
Reading through \u201cThe Rebel Sell\u201d over the past few days has stirred in me a million different emotions. Every paragraph seemed to challenge, annoy, convict or put a smile on my face. There are soo many things that I would love to include in this post, but I need to narrow it down.<\/p>\n
First, consumerism has caused the objectification of social relationships (p22). I have to admit that at first I rolled my eyes as I read that, but as I continued reading and as I started looking at the world around me, I\u2019m convinced that this is true. Relationships are disposable. Isn\u2019t that sad? If I don\u2019t agree with you, or if you don\u2019t benefit me in some way, then you are not important to me\u2026 I can walk away from you. We pretend that relationships are optional, but in reality it\u2019s the one thing we all crave\u2026 to be loved and to be knows. Capitalism gives us the sense that we can buy everything, including happiness, but in reality, relationships are the only thing that money can\u2019t buy\u2026 and they bring real happiness\u2026 at least the happiness we all crave and long for.<\/p>\n
Second, I remember when the series \u201cMad Men\u201d first came on TV. I remember watching it and being in awe of the power of advertisement, and how it changed the world. Heath and Potter say that, \u201cUnlike religion, which promised paradise after death, advertising promised paradise right around the next corner: through purchase of a new car, a suburban home or a labor-saving appliance. Consumer goods had become the new opiate\u2026\u201d<\/em> (p28) I can\u2019t believe that we fall for this over and over and over again. How is it that we are soo quick to trade the eternal for the temporal? How is it that we\u2019re soo quickly and easily satisfied by the things that don\u2019t matter? I don\u2019t understand\u2026 honestly! How is it that we who know Christ long for the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d when Christ spoke soo strongly against it.<\/p>\n This week the Huffington Post reported that Ken Ham, the founder of the Creation Museum has raised $73 million dollars to build \u201ca fake Noah\u2019s ark.\u201d[1]<\/a> Seriously? In a world that is suffering Christians are distracted by things that don\u2019t matter. Reading \u201cThe Rebel Sell\u201d and then reading the Huffington Post article made me want to burry my head in sand.<\/p>\n Once again, I\u2019m left with questions and no answers\u2026 Every week I learn more, I see more and hopefully I understand a little more\u2026 but I\u2019m at a loss on how to live. How do I put all this knowledge into practice.<\/p>\n [1]<\/a> http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/03\/01\/kentucky-noahs-ark-ken-ham_n_4876282.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book: The Rebel Sell by Heath\/Potter Reading through \u201cThe Rebel Sell\u201d over the past few days has stirred in me a million different emotions. Every paragraph seemed to challenge, annoy, convict or put a smile on my face. There are soo many things that I would love to include in this post, but I need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,115],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-heathpotter","tag-therebelsell","cohort-lgp4"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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