The Thin Place #47: Fever Pitch -- Obsession or Idolatry

Update: 2015-05-31

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As the World Cup draws to a close, Ken and Todd discuss one of the best films ever made about our obsession with sports. What is the difference between enthusiasm and obsession? At what point does a central preoccupation become idolatrous? Is the film postmodern? And what does any of this have to do with the book of Ecclesiastes?

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The Thin Place #47: Fever Pitch -- Obsession or Idolatry

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The Thin Place #47: Fever Pitch -- Obsession or Idolatry

Kenneth R. Morefield

The Thin Place #47: Fever Pitch -- Obsession or Idolatry