Quotes about Idols

They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves.

Concepts create idols; only wonder understands anything.

Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything.

Romans 1:25 indicates that idolatry is often the result of taking good things in creation and making them ultimate things. They usurp the supreme place that only the Creator should have in our hearts and lives.

Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord.

While I was passing through the age of "hero-worship" I found myself trying to imitate those whom I most admired. Moreover, I discovered that the element of FAITH, with which I endeavored to imitate my idols, gave me great capacity to do so quite successfully.

I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.

When I was a kid, I grew up not liking Tom Brady because I was a Peyton Manning fan. And now I'm the biggest Tom Brady fan. So, it's great being able to catch balls from him.

Idols are things we put our trust in. They are not God, but we treat then like they are. They take on a transcendent, magical character. We hold them with a sacred reverence that should only be given to God. We are willing to die for them and kill for them and sacrifice our children for them.

The toppling of idols - even respectable, admired, best-practice, fastest-growing idols - is always the road to liberation.

Give my friends and loved ones freedom from their idols as well so they can fully enjoy being part of your family. Help them know that you are their only creator and nothing on this earth has ownership of them.

Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them. Psalm 135:18