Are we opening our hearts to Christ’s persuasion?

I recall, as a naive youngster, assuming that advertising was just a way of persuading us to choose a particular brand when we needed a specific item.

Fast-forward a decade and I became increasingly aware of how many things I’d purchased that I really didn’t need, occasionally didn’t even want, and sometimes had never actually used. I realized that “being persuaded” wasn’t always a good idea, if I could be induced to believe I needed something I didn’t!

The extraneous products I accumulated did me little harm beyond reducing my cash flow. But what if a product we are persuaded to buy, or buy into, isn’t quite so harmless?

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