234 Quotes About Idolatry

The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the True One.

We may have loved the god that we made up in our minds, but the God of the Bible, we hate.

And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds.

The greatest idol I will never truly remove is self.

Idolatry is attached to everything. All of our bitterness, all our impurity, all our malice, all of our problems, everything that troubles us is a result of idolatry. And what is idolatry? It's taking a good thing and making it an ultimate thing.

The spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped.

Sabbath still matters and we need the challenge it offers against impatience and idolatry. We need the practiced dependence it requires. And we need rest! We need God! And most of the time we are moving too fast to answer his call to be with him. This is the silver lining of the Sabbath cloud...the profound security of his presence...stopping long enough to remember how much he loves us. These help us to wait in larger ways.

Shall I say of you that you worship the image of your God that you have in your mind, but not your God?

A religiously ambiguous Thomas Jefferson is not useful to the Christian right.