Een tijdje geleden kreeg ik wat vragen van iemand; de eerste is hier besproken. De andere gaat over het hebben van geloofservaringen. Uit de vraagstelling neem ik twee punten. Het ene punt is dat het …
Read more ...Category: Idolatry
Messages related to the question of what the Bible says about worshiping idols.
An earthly and a heavenly body
What do John Piper's hedonism and the resurrection of Christ have to do with each other? Discover that there is no greater contradiction.
Read more ...A correspondence on the concept of idolatry
A short exchange of letters on the question of whether one may take idolatry very broadly or not. In my opinion, the Bible uses a very specific definition.
Read more ...The Gospel of God and the religions
The Gospel of God is not man-made. Satan tries to poison this Gospel by mixing myths with it. The New Testament speaks of it.
Read more ...Longing for God - Christian Hedonism
John Piper is an influential theologian whose "Christian hedonism" seduces Christians into idolatry. The "desire for God" sounds nice, but it is not.
Read more ...The best kept secret
A book was once written entitled 'The Best Kept Secret of Hell'. Satan has succeeded in making 'hell' a secret and he does take care to keep it well kept. But Satan's very best kept secret is idolatry.
Read more ...Difficult parts in the letter to Hebrews
The tricky parts in the letter to the Hebrews have to do with idolatry in Christendom. The believer is earnestly warned to keep far from that.
Read more ...This is your God, Israel
A golden calf you call God? Then you're crazy or something else is going on. What the invisible world can do to a person.
Read more ...The consequences of evolution
The consequences of the theory of evolution are disastrous. Paul describes it in the letter to the Romans.
Read more ...Carved and Cast Statues
"Carved and cast images": two Old Testament expressions that might have something to do with the actuality of our time. Or do they? We read it again this morning in Nahum 1:15 ...
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