The Wardrobe Door

The Wardrobe Door

Right Nostalgia Looks Forward, Not Backward

What we chase by looking to the past will be available for us in the perfected future.

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Aaron Earls
Aug 16, 2023
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Recently, we talked about some of the issues with our culture’s obsession with nostalgia. The church can’t rely on nostalgia to reach the growing number of people with little to no previous connection with the church. Additionally, our culture has tried to adapt the past to our present-day perspectives by replacing t…

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