The world says, "Fat is beautiful." The Word says gluttony is sin.

The world says your body is not a project to be corrected. It is a self to be accepted.
The Word says your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit... therefore honor God with your bodies.

The New York Times recently called out the politically charged "Christian diet culture." It says many conservative influencers suggest thin & fit = markers of the "right" kind of woman, while overweight = liberal and undisciplined.

The world doesn't mince words and calls the Church a shame machine that controls women. Obesity, they say, is not connected to a lack of willpower. It's a chronic medical condition. Just take Ozempic.

So how should we, as Christians, respond to the "Body Positivity" / “Fat Acceptance” movement?

We don't shame. But we also don't celebrate what God calls sin.

A recent discussion on r/Christiandating helps us see through the clever lies, look at the man (or woman) in the mirror and take action.

Read the full breakdown → Link

Remember way back when we all, collectively and globally, agreed to take the “Live laugh love” slogan seriously and non-ironically? Ah, the good old days..

For years, people put it on kitchen walls, Insta bios, and bumper stickers as if it was profound wisdom instead of the emotional equivalent of saying "drink water and breathe air."

Nobody actually disagrees with it because it means almost nothing. Of course you should live. Of course you should laugh. Of course you should love.

The phrase demands absolutely nothing from you beyond existing pleasantly.

And that's probably why people like it.

When Jesus Christ is asked about the greatest commandment, He says:"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37)

That is an exhausting commandment if you really think about it.

All your heart. All your soul. All your mind.

Keith Green put it succinctly when he sang (from God's POV): "I want more than Sundays and Wednesday nights. Cause if you can't come to Me every day, then don't bother coming at all."

In other words, Christ deserves and demands way more than our leftover energy and half-awake prayers - post-work, entertainment, and doomscrolling.

The commandment doesn't end there. He immediately follows with: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:39)

That sequence matters more than we may realize.

Modern culture wants love without God because loving people emotionally or in a performative sense feels easier than surrendering yourself spiritually. But once God is erased from the picture, "love" just devolves into affirmation, convenience, infatuation, or mutual benefit.

It starts feeling like a certain decorative wall-hanging.. fluffy and endearing on the outside, but sadly hollow and devoid of meaning upon closer inspection.

Biblical love is more grounded, calling for:

You cannot sustain that kind of love for people if you do not love God first — because eventually people will disappoint you, exhaust you, misunderstand you, betray you, or simply fail to give what you think you deserve.

A lot of us tend to skip the first commandment while attempting the second one anyway. That rarely ends well, leading instead to resentment and burnout often (mis)labeled as sacrifice.

The people who genuinely love with no strings attached are usually people whose inner lives and peace are already rooted beyond mere human approval.

That’s probably the clearest difference between cultural love and biblical love:
One is about feeling good and “living, laughing, and loving” (whatever that means).
The other is about becoming good by “serving God and serving others”.

Which inspirational quote would you rather live by?