Idolatry In America

Author : Rod Parsley
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781636413723

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Idolatry in America by Rod Parsley Pdf

There’s a deadly truth behind our nation’s famine. After reading this book, you will understand the deadly grip of sin and its destructive nature for your personal life and community. You will learn how you can repent and seek God for a spiritual awakening in our nation. Sin stops the rain. Moses predicted it at Mount Sinai. Solomon prayed about it at the dedication of the temple in Jerusalem. Israel experienced it under the disastrous reign of Ahab and Jezebel. The sin that particularly plagued ancient Israel was idolatry. The drought they experienced was more than just a lack of water. Amos 8:11 says, “The time is coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Here in America, the megadrought that has gripped much of the West and portions of the heartland has made headlines. The Mississippi River was so low that barges were getting stuck on the bottom. Lake Mead has been at historically low levels. The Great Salt Lake in Utah is disappearing. Negotiations for allocations of water from the Colorado River are becoming more and more contentious. Could it be that these conditions are only harbingers of a more systemic and serious spiritual famine? Sin stops the rain. In Idolatry in America, Dr. Rod Parsley identifies ten major areas of idolatry that have overtaken our country’s culture. Any one of them is deadly, but together they constitute an unprecedented threat to the very existence of our nation. There is a cure for this cultural epidemic—a way to walk back from the brink of moral and spiritual disaster. The choice is stark. The consequences are severe. The outcome will be stunning.

Author : Bob Hostetler
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805440782

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American Idols by Bob Hostetler Pdf

Feeding off the frenzy of fleeting fame and image overload, Hostetler takes anecessary look at the false gods in modern society. This timely book can helpreaders realize and overcome their own idolatries.

Author : James Wager Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258538385

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Idolatry in Americ by James Wager Johnson Pdf

Author : Andrew L. Whitehead
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493441976

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American Idolatry by Andrew L. Whitehead Pdf

Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity. Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples--racism and xenophobia--to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward. American Idolatry encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.

Author : Herbert Schlossberg
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433554179

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Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg Pdf

This analysis of current events examines the wrong beliefs America has held supreme—"idols" that are to blame for our nation's decay—and suggests how our culture can be healed.

Author : Herbert Schlossberg
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : NWU:35556020838702

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Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg Pdf

Author : Chad Bogdewic
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1304753646

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American Idols by Chad Bogdewic Pdf

Chad Bogdewic explores idolatry, the meaning of the first two commandments, prophetic phenomenology and prophetic indictments against idolatry and the Biblical and Christian response to this modern idolatry.

Author : Mark Mason
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781430308829

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American Idols: Reaching the Starbucks Generation by Mark Mason Pdf

The 'Starbucks Generation' is our generation. A people steeped in idolatry and materialism yet suffering from epic levels of depression and low self esteem; a generation starving for the supernatural and searching for truth. Drawing from the Apostle Paul's effectiveness on Mars Hill, this book will help pastors, church leaders and all Christians take the fear and complexity out of "witnessing" our faith. Many more lives can be changed if we will follow the Holy Spirit and stop trying to legislate morality. It is time to quit spending kingdom dollars litigating over crosses standing in public parks when we should be wearing them on our backs. It is time to 'challenge the system on every front' and return to true Christianity- loving God, loving people and loving life.

Author : Joshua Rhodes Balme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Church and social problems
ISBN : UIUC:30112071972597

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American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme Pdf

Author : Frederic William Farrar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Sermons
ISBN : UOM:39015014712353

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Sermons and Addresses Delivered in America by Frederic William Farrar Pdf

Author : Harry C. Kiely,Jr. Ira G. Zepp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0976389282

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One Nation, Many Gods by Harry C. Kiely,Jr. Ira G. Zepp Pdf

The authors discuss how to love America and how to be a patriotic Christian. They sound an alarm within the church and invite readers to open themselves to God's judgment so that they may respond faithfully in a time of widespread injustice and human suffering.

Author : Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798887191409

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Idolatry by Alon Goshen-Gottstein Pdf

Idolatry, or its Hebrew equivalent Avodah Zarah ̧ is a fundamental feature of a Jewish view of other religions. All religions must pass the test of whether they are compliant with a Jewish view of religions as being free from the worship of another God. With the advance in interfaith relations, positions have been affirmed that clear most major contemporary religions from the charge of idolatry. What remains of “idolatry” once it no longer serves as a tool for evaluating other faiths? Does the category continue to have theological appeal? What are its internal uses? A cadre of Jewish scholars and thought leaders explore in this volume what the continuing relevance of “idolatry” is and how it might continue to inform our religious horizons, allowing us to distinguish between good and bad religion, both within Judaism and beyond.

Author : William T. Cavanaugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780197679050

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The Uses of Idolatry by William T. Cavanaugh Pdf

In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly "secular" world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavanaugh examines modern idolatries and the ways in which humans become dominated by our own creations. While Cavanaugh is critical of modern idolatries, his argument is also sympathetic, seeing in idolatry a deep longing in the human heart for the transformation of our lives. We all believe in something, he argues: we are worshipping creatures whose devotion alights on all sorts of things, in part because we are material creatures, and the material world is beautiful. Following an invisible God is hard for material creatures, so we-those who profess belief in God and those who don't-fixate on things that are closer to hand. Ranging widely across the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and cultural studies, Cavanaugh develops an account of modernity as not the condition of being disenchanted but the condition of having learned to describe the world as disenchanted. For a better description of the world, Cavanaugh turns to scriptural, theological, and phenomenological accounts of idolatry as inordinate devotion to created things. Through deep explorations of nationalism and consumer culture, The Uses of Idolatry presents a sympathetic but critical account of how and why we sacrifice ourselves and others to gods of our own design.

Author : Dennis Newkirk
Publisher : Cross Books Pub
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1462722237

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No Gods But God by Dennis Newkirk Pdf

Why is it that so many of us settle for a less-than-satisfying Christian life? We suffer the symptoms—spiritual dryness, dissatisfaction, and unanswered prayers—of a yet-unidentified problem that creates an obstacle between God and us. We seem unable to connect the dots between our symptoms and the problem causing them: God is no longer first in our hearts. Pastor Dennis Newkirk tells the story of how God showed their church what their problem was—God was no longer first in their hearts. Newkirk brings experience and a pastor’s heart as he teaches us about the dangers of modern-day idolatry. But he also offers hope by showing us how to deal with our idols and the reward of doing so. The four-step pattern God uses to call hearts back to him isn’t some cookie-cutter approach, but seeing the steps spelled out can help Christians recognize how God might be applying them in his or her life. Examining our own lives before God and admitting that our hearts have strayed isn’t easy, and it is most certainly humbling. But that’s what God wants—a humbled, repentant person standing before Him and willing to be used in service for Him. For the sincere Christian who wants an answer to the question “Is there more to the Christian life?” No gods but God will provide an answer.

Author : Julian Hardyman
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781844746323

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Idols by Julian Hardyman Pdf

When we hear the word 'idol' we tend to think of football players or pop stars. We may even remember that some people's religion meant worshipping idols: little or large statues that represented a god. But what has this to do with us today? Julian Hardyman is increasingly convinced that idolatry putting anything else in the place that is rightfully God's explains us and our problems: Why we get so angry about traffic jams. What drives us to work so hard our marriage hits the rocks. What lies behind that compulsion to look at pornography. He has also found that God is engaged in a war to win back our hearts. CONTENTS Introduction: God's battle for our hearts Part One: Who has idols anyway? 1. Idol diagnosis 2. Needs or preferences? 3. More and more and more 4. Lust 5. Beauty and body image 6. People idols 7. Religious and church idols 8. Political, intellectual and cultural idols Part Two: What's the big problem? 9. Strange worship, glory swapping 10. What idols do to God 11. What idols do to us Part Three: Idol busting 12. Repentance and forgiveness 13. Adoption and the Spirit 14. A supreme and satisfying love 15. Rest instead of restlessness 16. Spiritual Facebook 17. Submission to God's will and word 18. Looking forward to the glory of God 19. You're so vain, you probably think this book is about you.