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Nostalgia Is a Poor Replacement for Tradition

Nostalgia can only cuddle; we need tradition to challenge and convict.

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Aaron Earls
Aug 09, 2023
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If we all agree that nostalgia has become too dominant of a force within our culture and our churches, we must ask why. Why do we buy the tickets for the remakes and reboots? Why are we not clamoring, as we do in most other avenues of life, for something new? Why is nostalgia ruling our entertainment? Quite simply, it’s…

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