{"id":17,"date":"2010-03-17T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/when-does-something-become-a-sin.html"},"modified":"2010-03-17T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T02:00:00","slug":"when-does-something-become-a-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/when-does-something-become-a-sin.html","title":{"rendered":"Loving too much?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"manwholovedbookstoomuch.jpg\"<\/span>So I’m really into the book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much<\/a>.  Here’s a summary taken from the inside flap:<\/p>\n

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What would you do for the love of a good book?  For John Charles Gilkey, the answer is:  go to prison.
Unrepentant book thief Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country.  Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for love–the love of books.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This has me wondering… <\/div>\n
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When does something, that is not necessarily a sin, become a sin?  Stealing is obvious but given what Jesus said in the sermon on the mount it seems that the line is much more internal.<\/div>\n
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I mean, I love books…I have a lot of them and I spend much time in bookstores in search of a good book.  Doesn’t seem like anything is wrong with that per se, but when does it become wrong?<\/div>\n
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Join the groove:  When does a seemingly normal enjoyable part of life become something that can harm our relationship with God and others?  How do we spot the warning signs?<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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