by Stuart | 25 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
In their groundbreaking book, The Coddling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt argue that good intentions and bad ideas are a recipe for disaster. The authors examine the harmful effects of overprotecting children and young adults by idolising...
by Stuart | 25 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
Tim Keller has said that “an idol is usually a very good thing that we make into an ultimate thing.” This can certainly be said of those who make an idol of ministry. Ministry is good. Every church member is called to minister. We are all to involve ourselves, in one...
by Stuart | 24 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
Every Christian struggles to keep God foremost in his or her affections and there are a plethora of gods competing for that affection. One god frequently towers above all others across cultures and throughout time. Affluence is a god we are all tempted to worship....
by Stuart | 23 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
The age in which we live is, in access to knowledge, unprecedented. More than any generation before ours, we have the knowledge of the world at our fingertips. The smartphone gives instant access to all the knowledge ever gained by humankind with a few swipes of the...
by Stuart | 22 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
The prophet Isaiah frequently contrasted the true God with the false gods of the nations. As Israel experienced punishment for its sin, God time and again reminded his people that he is the true God while the idols that they worshipped, and the idols of the foreign...
