234 Quotes About Idolatry

If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back.

If your deepest feelings are reserved for something other than Almighty God, then that something other is an emotional idol... if you get more excited about material things than the simple yet profound fact that your sin was nailed to the cross by the sinless Son of God, then you're bowing down to Tammuz.

The bottle of the creature cracks and dries up, but the well of the Creator never fails; happy is he who dwells at the well.

The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity.

Keep yourselves from idols." The warning isn't given to them because it wasn't a real danger or because there was an off chance someone might fall into idolatry. It was given because this is our root problem on any given day. It is what we, especially as followers of Jesus, must fight against.

Purge me from every sinful blot;My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought,From all the filth of self and pride.The hatred of the carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove:Give me a tender heart, resigned, And pure, and full of faith and love.

We have to love technology enough to describe it accurately. And we have to love ourselves enough to confront technology's true effect on us.

There are many idols but I would categorize them into three: heroes who are strong enough to lay themselves bare to the people and cowards who hide behind symbols and crafted figures. Then there is one who rules over them. They all love the same thing; praise and adoration. The question is, to whom does the glory belong to, really?