Category: Bible Study
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Gods Of Stone: pt 5
The Idols We Choose “Is God Dead?” It was one of the most iconic Time magazine covers in history, and its accompanying article outlined the efforts of a handful of academics in the mid 1960’s who were trying to establish a theology that did not include God. Imagine the absurdity…
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Gods Of Stone: pt 4
Gods In Our Image What kinds of gods were represented by the idols that biblical peoples worshiped? The 20th Century horror author H.P. Lovecraft wrote of eldritch cosmic gods who were grotesque and inhuman and who had controlled factions of humanity in the ancient past. His cosmic deities were strange…
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Gods Of Stone: pt 3
Sacrifices For The Gods Animal sacrifice is another concept that is very foreign – and even offensive – to many modern believers. If you were to buy a goat and bring it to your local church as an offering, the chances are good that your local pastor will have no…
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Gods Of Stone: pt 2
Houses of the gods On the topic of worship places, these seem to have taken many forms. The Israelites were known to worship the goddess Asherah at poles that were erected outdoors in the towns and villages. Shrines and altars might also be erected at outdoor holy sites like mountaintops. …
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Gods Of Stone: pt 1
What An Idol Is It’s an easy commandment to check off our list. It’s the second out of the top 10, so it must be important. And yet most of us feel like it’s a non-issue, so we don’t think much about it. I’ve never carved a statue out of…
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The Good We Get
It was one of those “Gotcha!” statements. “Imagine what the government could do with the tax money they ought to be collecting from churches.” The implication, of course, was that churches are financial shelters for ministers or other moralistic phonies to build their wealth and keep from sharing it with…
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Behind The Veil: pt. 4
If you’ve read this far, then hopefully you’re more aware of some of the ways that our enemy might be at work in the world around you. Just knowing that the mission of his existence is to be adored as God is adored reminds us that we should not indulge…
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Behind The Veil: pt. 3
We’ve determined that the desire of Satan and the demonic spiritual forces is to be adored like God. They desire honor from worshipers who are willing to sacrifice what they hold dear in order to serve them. In the guise of false gods, they demanded that the people give up…
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Behind The Veil: pt. 2
In our previous discussion, we determined that Satan’s mission is adoration. Satan wishes to be adored in the same ways God is adored by His worshipers; that is, through honor and sacrifice. And this seems to be the mission of all demonic forces. In their desire to be worshiped, they…
Between The Ditches 