idols get their power because humans, in sinning, give it to them. Deal with sin, and the idols are reduced to a tawdry heap of rubble. Deal with sin, and the world will glorify God.
- NT Wright
When God and spirituality are reduced to our standards or our feelings, God will never be to us the awesome Holy One of Israel. With God reduced in our eyes, a fear of people will thrive.
- Edward Welch
T]he Meyricks, whose various knowledge had been acquired by the irregular foraging to which clever girls have usually been reduced...