Common Ground

Joshua 24:14-28 Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. We value choice in America. We love being able to select from the 31 flavors of whatever it is we want or think we need. When it comes to faith though, that choice often gets us in trouble for so many times we choose the things that idolatrous and hateful. We actually choose things that harm and injure us for thinking it will satisfy our deep loneliness and our momentary desires. When Joshua call's Israel to renew their covenant with God - they ware quick to say "YES WE WILL SERVE GOD AND HIM ONLY." While they were quick to answer in the positive, idolatry and temptat