by Stuart | 6 Dec 2021 | Daniel, Devotionals
Preston Sprinkle frequently talks about Christians as “exiles living in Babylon.” The idea is that the Christian church today finds itself very much like Daniel: pilgrims striving to be faithful to God in a strange, pagan world. The Bible makes it clear that the...
by Stuart | 3 Dec 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
Like every other idol we have considered, tradition can be, and often is, a good thing. While Protestant churches typically don’t elevate tradition to the same level of authority as other churches, we should be careful of quickly casting aside practices that the...
by Stuart | 2 Dec 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
As we have considered our temptation to idolatry, we have observed that our idols are usually good things that we make ultimate things. Christians rarely idolise things that are explicitly evil but frequently find inordinate satisfaction and security in God’s good...
by Stuart | 1 Dec 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
Oprah Winfrey famously stated some years ago that her favourite Bible verse is Psalm 37:4: “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” She went on to offer an interpretation of the verse. Now what that says to me, “Lord” has a wide...
by Stuart | 30 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Identifying Idols
I recently came across an article in which the author wrote of being “let down” and “confused” by a particular celebrity. The author had looked up to this particular songwriter but had become disillusioned when she wrote a song with lyrics antagonistic to another...
