Posts Tagged ‘Idolitry’
The Bible is Not God
While serving in full-time ministry at Kansas University, a student to whom I was ministering saw me making notes in the pages of my Bible, and reacted with great intensity, as though my doing so was evil played out before his eyes. For the record, I write all over the pages of my Bible. I…
Read MoreThe Two-Sided Coin – Pride & Idol Worship
One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Randy Alcorn, the founder of Eternal Perspective ministries. Speaking of popular or notorious leaders, Randy said, “The greatest danger of notoriety is you start thinking about you. People, then, exist to serve you, exactly the opposite of what Christ modeled.” Succinct and powerful. Aside from the…
Read MoreA Surefire Plan for Making God Leave Us Alone
For the record, I intensely dislike writing this type of blog post, but alas, this is what God has laid on my heart for this week. During the time of the prophetic ministries of the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel, the people of God held to a misguided belief that God could, or would never leave…
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