There is a show on TV called Hoarders, while I have not watched it ... from the description it seems that there is a segment of society that feels that if must keep and never discard the totality of every artifact that comes into their possession. Even things that other segments of society might find disgusting or in need of being TRASHED.
The great need for these individuals and families is for an honest evaluation of the value of the items being kept, and then purging the debris from their lives.
WE IN THE CHURCH need to go through a course on hoarders. We are a family addicted not necessarily to the keeping of STUFF, though that is sadly a problem in places where the “memorial” fund is the most profitable account in the church, but to the keeping of traditions and teachings that are long overdue for an evaluation of their true worth.
How will we measure their worth?
In secular society, value can be compared by reference books on collecting and collected estimates of value from knowledgeable people.
The Methodist/Wesleyian tradition holds that we must compare all things in Tradition, Personal Experience, and our own Reasonings to the teachings found in Scripture. I also presume that we as Christians must take the teachings of Christ as holding more priority than the teachings of any other in Scriptural Canon.
WHAT ITEMS SHOULD BE UP FOR RE-EVALUATION??
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