“A religiously ambiguous Thomas Jefferson is not useful to the Christian right.” — Matt McCook Copy Share Image
Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of idolatry. — William Bernard Ullathorne Copy Share Image
Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism--the idolatry of the 20th century. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
“You can either be god of certain areas of your life, or let Me be God of your whole life.” — The Skit Guys Copy Share Image
I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The whole youth-idolatry oh-god-not-another-birthday thing has to be the most sure-fire way to be unhappy about the way things are progressing in… — Nat Friedman Copy Share Image
If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if… — Polycarp Copy Share Image
Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The person who does not seek the kingdom first does not seek it at all, regardless of how worthy the idolatry that… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations,… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
“Christian theory is little else than the idolatry of ancient mythologists, accomodated to the purposes of power and revenue; and yet it… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The satisfied soul is knit to God. That soul has recognized that only God is worthy of the insanity of love, and… — Eric Gimour Copy Share Image
When I see that the nineteenthcentury has crowned the idolatry of Art with the deification of Love, so that every poet is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Apart from Christ, there can only be a “fleeting knowledge of God” that quickly turns to the vinegar of idolatry and superstition,… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
The idolatry of food cuts across class lines. This can be seen in the public's toleration of a level of cruelty in… — Brian Reynolds Myers Copy Share Image
And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
If gratitude is not rooted in the beauty of God before the gift, it is probably disguised idolatry. May God grant us… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Christians recognize that all social organizations exist as parodies of eschatological hope. And so it is that the city is a poor… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“Modernity has abandoned the household gods, not because we have rejected the idolatry as all Christians must, but because we have rejected… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“It is a single paradigm, and single paradigms, no matter how helpful in and of themselves, can be dangerous. They become the… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
Offerings to propitiate the dead then were regarded as belonging to the class of funeral sacrifices, and these are idolatry. Idolatry, in… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
“His response to them as sexual beings was one of frenzied worship and idolatry. They were lovely, satisfying, maddening manifestations of the… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“It's not as if we're running a hospital for sick children down here, let's put it that way. Where's the nobility in… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The illusion that mechanical progress means human improvement ... alienates us from our own being and our own reality. It is precisely… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected. In the wilderness God gave Israel the manna every day, and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So find your joy in God and be done with… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Idolatry is when you become the source of your own joy. Poverty of spirit is a wonderful thing. — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Like all idolatries, democratism substitutes a false god for the real, a love of process for a love of country. — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“To be free in Christ, our high places will have to fall. We must be willing to take a stand against idolatry.” — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God is the god of his idolatry. — William Bernard Ullathorne Copy Share Image
The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity. — Patricia Hewitt Copy Share Image
Idolatry happens when we take good things and make them ultimate things — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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