“America’s infatuation with all things Ozempic is rife with issues a jab just can’t cure. The new pills may mean even bigger problems for a culture—and Christians—wrapped up in weight . . . In his book Seven Daily Sins, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Jared Wilson cites gluttony as “the big fat elephant in the room of the evangelical church.” He maintains gluttony is idolatry. By orienting our behavior, thinking, and affections around food, Wilson says, we seek to find in food what can only be found in God. In other words, food shouldn’t be a substitute for intimacy with God. Or a pleasure beyond its design.”

Kim Henderson ponders here what the GLP-1 craze says about a culture and Christians wrapped up in weight.