Am I An Idolater?

Am I An Idolater? Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/am-i-an-idolater\/#arve-youtube-1rytgigxhmq656f3ccd46285486987236","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1rYTgigXHmQ?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Am I An Idolater?","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STP-S20-EP08-Am-I-An-Idolater.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-07-07","description":"Am I An Idolater? This topic is addressed by Dr. Richard Caldwell on the Straight Truth Podcast"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Related Messages Throughout the Old Testament, idolatry is one of the greatest snares for the people of God. It is no less dangerous for us today, only more subtle in its forms. The battle is real; we must be aware of it. To learn more about idolatry and the subtleties with which it presents itself in the Christian life, consider listening to the following sermons by Dr. Caldwell: Reasoning Our Way To Repentance - Parts 1 & 2 Worship & The Mortification Of Sin God's Greatest Commandment - Man's Greatest Need God's Abandoning Judgment Heed The Warnings How To Heed The Warnings Matters Of Conscience Good Fruit Understanding Apostasy The Practice Of Worship A Love The Christian Must Reject Fighting For Hearts Resisting The Devil - A Neglected Responsibility Am I An Idolater? Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/am-i-an-idolater\/#arve-vimeo-720414587656f3ccd4753f634422111","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/720414587?h=48b172d25c&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"Am I An Idolater?","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STP-S20-EP08-Am-I-An-Idolater.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-07-07","description":"Am I An Idolater?"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify Am I An Idolater? When you think of an idol, what comes to mind? Maybe you think of small carved figures, statues, or images people bowed down before, worshipped, and sacrificed to in the Old Testament. But really, what is an idol, and what does it look like today in our 21st century? As Christians, how should we think about this, and how are we to remove idols from our lives if they aren’t these things? These questions and concerns will be addressed in this episode of the Straight Truth Podcast today between Dr. Richard Caldwell and Dr. Josh Philpot. Listen in as Dr. Philpot asks Dr. Caldwell to share what idolatry is. If idolatry doesn't consist of just bowing, etc., before figures, images, and statues today, what is it, and how does it impact our relationship with God? Dr. Caldwell says idolatry is a matter of denying what God has revealed about Himself. We are not to worship the God of the Bible with images, figures, etc. To do so is to reduce what God has revealed about Himself to an image that comes from men's minds. It’s an image that derives from ourselves instead of from God. It’s a denial of God; it is a false god. That is what idols are. Why do men make idols? It is to form things with their hands that began in their hearts and minds. It is conceiving of God in terms that are different than what He has revealed about Himself, reducing Him to an image of our making. Therefore this is something we need to think about for our day and age. Dr. Caldwell says that even in the New Testament, most of the idolatry we read about speaks of external literal concrete idolatry. But idolatry isn’t limited to just images and little pictures. Idols can exist in our minds, in how we think about God,