{
  "id": "MTOM-0102",
  "title": "Sports, Hobbies, and Leisure Treated as Untouchable Idols",
  "slug": "sports-hobbies-and-leisure-treated-as-untouchable-idols",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/sports-hobbies-and-leisure-treated-as-untouchable-idols/",
  "category": "Holiness and Obedience",
  "severity": 2,
  "severity_label": "Level 2 - Dangerous distortion",
  "danger_type": "leisure_shielded_from_lordship",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Leisure can be received with thanksgiving, but it becomes idolatrous when it is exempt from Christ's rule.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Matt 6:33",
    "1 Cor 10:31",
    "Eph 5:15-17",
    "Col 3:17",
    "1 John 2:15-17"
  ],
  "key_terms": "eidolon [idol]; schole [leisure]; kyrios [Lord]; exagorazo [redeem, make the most of]",
  "related_topics": [
    "immoral-tv-and-movie-viewing",
    "middle-class-comfort-treated-as-normal-christianity",
    "sabbath-and-rest-principles-ignored-through-productivity-idolatry",
    "fear-of-genuine-challenging-to-change-focus-on-wealth-career-hobbies-partying"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.184526+00:00"
}