Desire Quote by Elyse Fitzpatrick

“Idols aren't just stone statues. No, idols are the thoughts, desires, longings, and expectations that we worship in the place of the true God.…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.

— Ron Carlson

“‎A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments shows that idolatry is nothing like the crude picture that springs to mind of a…

— Richard Keyes

People were never meant to be idols. We aren't supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise.

— Karen Kingsbury

Today, idols are not made of wood, stone, or brass. They are made of money, sex, and power.

— Peter Kreeft

Idolatry is worshiping something other than the true God in the true way.

— John Macarthur

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

— Chanakya

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything…

— Timothy Keller

Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

An idol is anything put in the place of God as the ultimate reality - the eternal, self-existent, uncaused cause of everything else.

— Nancy Pearcey

Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.

— Saint Augustine

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

— Benjamin Whichcote