We Should Not Be Dominated or Controlled by Anything, Good or Evil

Paul was warning against the same false teaching of colosse when he wrote, first timothy four four. Nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of god in prayer. In other words, we dare not treat all asceticism as bad. And of course, we should not treat god's good gifts of food and drink and friendship and marriage and hundreds of other delights in this life. This calls for great wisdom and insight into our own hearts. We're going to break for the week end and return on monday with an honest and pretty raw email from a hurting man, a hurting dad. He wants to know