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1 | Ps. 82:6 "ye are gods" | Ps 82:6 | DocTrinsograce | 216330 | ||
Dr. Timothy Keller offers up the following forms of idolatry to help us examine our own lives: 1. Power idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I have power and influence over others. 2. Approval idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am loved and respected by [fill in blank]. 3. Comfort idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I have this kind of pleasure experience, a particular quality of life. 4. Image idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I have a particular kind of look or body image. 5. Control idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am able to get mastery over my life in the area of [fill in blank]. 6. Helping idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if people are dependent on me and need me. 7. Dependence idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if someone is there to protect me and keep me safe. 8. Independence idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am completely free from obligations or responsibilities to take care of someone. 9. Work idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am highly productive getting a lot done. 10. Achievement idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am being recognized for my accomplishments, if I am excelling in my career. 11. Materialism idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I have a certain level of wealth, financial freedom, and very nice possessions. 12. Religion idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am adhering to my religion's moral codes and accomplished in it's activities. 13. Individual person idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if this one person is in my life and happy there and/or happy with me. 14. Irreligion idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I feel I am totally independent of organized religion and with a self-made morality. 15. Racial/cultural idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if my race and culture is ascendant and recognized as superior. 16. Inner ring idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if a particular social grouping or professional grouping or other group lets me in. 17. Family idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if my children and/or my parents are happy and happy with me. 18. Relationship idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if Mr. or Ms. 'Right' is in love with me. 19. Suffering idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if I am hurting, in a problem only then do I feel noble or worthy of love or am able to deal with guilt. 20. Ideology idolatry: Life only has meaning (I only have worth) if my political or social cause or party is making progress and ascending in influence or power. |
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2 | Ps. 82:6 "ye are gods" | Ps 82:6 | azurelaw | 216331 | ||
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3 | Ps. 82:6 "ye are gods" | Ps 82:6 | DocTrinsograce | 216333 | ||
Dear Sister Azure, I don't think this list of Keller's is intended to categorize idolatry. What he is trying to do is instruct us by exposing various kinds of idolatry that we might not recognize as such. Sin tends to hide and thrive in the shadows. John Calvin once said something to the effect -- forgive my memory -- that the evil aspect of our desires is not so much a matter of what we want, but that we want it too much. As we know, the thing we are to prize most highly, is God Himself; even to the extent that we value Him more than life, family, and worldly things. Thus, the concern for health is, in and of itself, a good thing -- but when it arises out of placing greater value in something other than God, it could represent an idolatrous thing. In Him, Doc |
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