Today’s Thought “Another Clubhouse Meeting” G. Ward Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. When we were children, the priority in fellowshipping was so conditional that it would soon leave another ostracized from what perceivably was fun (cf. Ac.2:44). In a word, it’s referred to as bullying and whereas generations of manipulative children existed, maturity in some adults that insist their progeny be upstanding young people (regarding everyone for their worth by the Creator) apparently remains compromised because the bully yet exists. Moreover and because we truly never grow up, our Father in Heaven wants us captive (preeminently so) to HIS Word through obedience; knowing that ideologies of sorts (seemingly captivating), maintains an exclusivity that transcends a particular “club meeting” and becomes pertinent to whether they can be received by Heaven’s standard and because those precepts prescribed won’t grant me a “higher than” status, it fails to bolster my ego and social standing. Instead, we preach Christ as enough, as the all-inclusive Savior that redeems despite our sinfulness (*Ro.5:7-8).