Christian book on idols

The pharisees in the bible made their laws into idols. The contents are obviously well researched and very informative to an age that appears to have lost any real purpose in life. Im thrilled that after fifteen years a second edition of this excellent work is now available. Kellers book stands out among other books on idolatry because of the. In a gentle way, she tells you how by gods grace to turn from your idols to a wholehearted love for god. Learning to long for god alone and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. As tim keller states in his book counterfeit gods, an idol is anything more important to you than god, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more.

We are by nature worshiping creatures, and we will eventually become like what we worship. In this updated, revised edition of idols of the heart, elyse fitzpatrick shows us how to better search and know our hearts, long for our gracious savior, and resist. Idol worship may seem like ancient history, but the modernday versionfrom family and finances to soccer and daycarecan compete with gods rightful. Elyse provides rich biblical truths and practical guides to expose and kill the current and future heart idols. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all christians. They valued their own set of rules and traditions above the law of god. But keller spends time treating idols that most christians would fail to. It would have been easy to focus on surface idols such as materialism, beauty and media, and minter does touch on those things. Her book, idols of the heart was one of the first to help us recognize the sin beneath the sin that so often goes undetected and leaves us confused.

Freed by jesus from the idols we worship and the wounds we carry re. Elyse fitzpatrick has a very high view of god and this book reflects that view. A book that helps reveal the hidden idols in all of our hearts and how we might deal with them. His main thesis is stated in the title of the book.