{"id":95253,"date":"2026-04-24T15:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=95253"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:01:53","slug":"what-are-we-really-worshiping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-are-we-really-worshiping\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are We Really Worshiping?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Andy Diestelkamp<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so easy for us to get wrapped up in physical things &#8211; but that&#8217;s not what Christianity is about. In this video, we explore a timeless biblical pattern: how easily God&#8217;s people drift from worshipping the Creator to identifying with what they&#8217;ve created. From the tower of Babel to modern church culture, this message challenges us to rethink where we place our identity and calls us back to what truly matters in Christ. No one is immune to this issue, whether you&#8217;re Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical, Protestant, Restorationist, etc. We all need to be careful, as followers of Jesus, that we are putting our emphasis where it belongs when it comes to our worship and even our lives.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Are We Really Worshipping?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/spknWmFUdDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Andy Diestelkamp It&#8217;s so easy for us to get wrapped up in physical things &#8211; but that&#8217;s not what Christianity is about. In this video, we explore a timeless biblical pattern: how easily God&#8217;s people drift from worshipping the Creator to identifying with what they&#8217;ve created. 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