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1	Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone more books like this by Elyse Fitzpatrick add to wishlist Why do we desire to live godly lives yet often find ourselves trapped in habitual sin? Fitzpatrick reveals that idolatry lies at the heart of every besetting sin, and helps us uncover hidden idols in our lives by moving us to ask: Why does the Bible warn about the "deceitfulness of sin?" What must I have for my life to be meaningful and happy? Do ... see all copies from $6.24! new only from $10.59! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry more books like this by G K Beale add to wishlist The heart of the Biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we become like what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. see all copies from $17.00! new only from $17.00! \| SVS
3	Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope That Matters more books like this by Timothy Keller add to wishlist The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Reason for God" and "The Prodigal God" exposes the error of making good things (i.e., success, true love, and security) into idols, and shows readers a new path toward a hope that lasts. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
4	Move Over Victoria-I Know the Real Secret!: Surrendering the Lies That Bind You to the God Who Frees You more books like this by Nancy Kennedy, Steve Brown (Foreword by) add to wishlist Through wit, wisdom, and humor Kennedy shows women how to let go of their false idols so they can reach upward to God in praise, and live free in Christ. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	No Other Gods: The Continuing Struggle Against Idolatry more books like this by Kenneth Seeskin, David Behrman (Editor) add to wishlist Idolatry is not just the worship of idols and clay figures. While the nature of the temptation has changed over the years, idolatry is as much a threat today as it was in our ancestors' time. Today, we face the lures of a material society. For many of us, our careers expand at the expense of our personal lives. Seeskin looks at turning points in ... see all copies from $14.91! new only from $17.81! \| SVS
6	The humiliation of the word more books like this by Jacques Ellul add to wishlist Intertwining sociological analysis with theological discussion, Jacques Ellul examines how reality (which is visual) has superseded truth (which is verbal) in modern times, leading to the devaluation of the word. An important book that will be of particular interest to those concerned with language philosophy, literary criticism, theology, and art. see all copies from $20.47! new only from $20.47! \| SVS
7	You Are the Treasure That I Seek...: But There's a Lot of Cool Stuff Out There, Lord more books like this by Greg Dutcher add to wishlist With honesty, humor, and compassion, author Greg Dutcher addresses the contemporary problem of idolatry. He helps us understand the problem and then provides the weapons to overcome. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.37! \| SVS
8	Seduction of the Lesser Gods more books like this by Leslie Williams add to wishlist According to Leslie Williams, the most seductive kind of idolatry is the good works that tempt the most dedicated and sincere Christians. Even good things can become our "lesser gods". She nudges us toward putting Christ back at the center of our lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Theology, Ideology and Liberation more books like this by Peter Scott add to wishlist How is theology liberating? In the context of a post-Gorbachev world, where many demand freedom which the Western powers seem ill-equipped to deliver, is it even possible to envisage a liberative theology? Taking as his starting point the Marxist complaint that Christianity is ideological, Peter Scott argues that it is not enough for Christian ... see all copies from $26.19! new only from $27.22! \| SVS
10	The Heart's Desire: A Guide to Personal Fulfillment more books like this by Dr. James M Houston add to wishlist A book based around the assertion that when the longing for eternity is lost other longings become distorted by alienation and addiction. This book follows the titles, "Transforming Friendship" and "In Search of Happiness". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Greed as Idolatry: The Origin and Meaning of a Pauline Metaphor more books like this by Brian S Rosner add to wishlist What are the origin and meaning of the words ???greed is idolatry??? found in Ephesians 5: 5 and Colossians 3: 5? In what sense are the greedy guilty of idolatry? Many different answers have been given to this question throughout the history of interpretation. In fact, a consensus exists on only one score ? that the expression serves to vilify ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	No Other Gods: Confronting Our Modern Day Idols more books like this by Kelly Minter add to wishlist Minter explores what happens when good desires become false gods, robbing people of an intimate relationship with the heavenly Father. (Christian) see all copies from $8.65! new only from $8.73! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Graven Ideologies: Nietzche, Derrida & Marion on Modern Idolatry more books like this by Bruce Ellis Benson add to wishlist Examining the thought of key postmodern thinkers like Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion, Bruce Ellis Benson offers profound insight into the nature of conceptual idolatry and our need for the biblical revelation of God in Jesus Christ. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $16.36!
14 view cover	Idolizing Pictures: Idolatry, Iconoclasm, and Jewish Art more books like this by Anthony Julius add to wishlist 'Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth' - Exodus 20:4 In this ground-breaking book Anthony Julius derives a Jewish aesthetic from the Second Commandment. The prohibition of idolatry is not just an injunction ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	History, Guilt and Habit more books like this by Owen Barfield add to wishlist We are well supplied with interesting writers, but Owen Barfield is not content to be merely interesting. His ambition is to set us free. from the prison we have made for ourselves by our ways of knowing, our limited and false habits of thought, our 'common sense.' -Saul Bellow Few books [besides History, Guilt and Habit] . would provide a better ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $19.51! \| SVS
16 view cover	Idolatry: False Worship in the Bible, Early Judaism and Christianity more books like this by Stephen C Barton (Editor) add to wishlist The controversial concept of 'idolatry' holds immense theological, historical and cultural importance. From the Second Commandment on, arguably one of the greatest contributions of the Judeo-Christian tradition to human flourishing has been the critique of idolatry and its moral corollary, greed. Significantly, in the modern period, this critique ... see all copies from $87.78! new only from $129.17!
17	To turn from idols. more books like this by Kenneth Hamilton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	Idolatry and the Hardening of the Heart: A Study in Biblical Theology more books like this by Edward P Meadors add to wishlist The purpose of this book is to provide a biblical, theological answer to Isaiah's question: "Why, O Lord, do you cause us to stray from your ways, and harden our heart from fearing you?" Transparently, the biblical answer is pervasive, explicit, easy to understand, and interrelated to every major biblical theme. The hardening of the heart is quite ... see all copies from $31.61! new only from $31.61! \| SVS
19 view cover	Idolatry more books like this by Moshe Helvertal, Moshe Halbertal, Naomi Goldblum (Translator) add to wishlist "You shall have no other gods besides Me". This injunction, handed down through Moses 3000 years ago, marks one of the most decisive shifts in Western culture: away from polytheism toward monotheism. Despite the momentous implications of such a turn, the role of idolatry in giving it direction and impetus is little understood. This book examines ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $85.56! \| first editions
20 view cover	Idolatry and Representation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig Reconsidered more books like this by Leora Batnitzky add to wishlist Although Franz Rosenzweig is arguably the most important Jewish philosopher of the twentieth century, his thought remains little understood. Here, Leora Batnitzky argues that Rosenzweig's redirection of German-Jewish ethical monotheism anticipates and challenges contemporary trends in religious studies, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, theology, ... see all copies from $21.92! new only from $21.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Things We Adore more books like this by Judson Cornwall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.89!
22	Desirable God? Our Fascination with Images, Idols and New Deities more books like this by Roger Burggraeve (Editor), J de Tavernier (Editor), D Pollefeyt (Editor) add to wishlist The human fascination with images, and the idolatry or idolization of images as the source of desire, passion and terror, is treated in this book. The first part enters more deeply into religious idolatry, past and present. It treats the biblical, the early-Jewish as well as the Christian views on monotheism and the prohibition against images, as ... see all copies from $34.95! new only from $61.10!
23	In Gods We Trust more books like this by Edith Quinlan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
24 view cover	Idolatry more books like this by Moshe Halbertal, Naomi Goldblum (Translator), Avishai Margalit add to wishlist This text examines the meaning and nature of idolatry, revealing much about the monotheistic tradition that defines itself against this "sin". The authors consider Christianity and Islam but focus primarily on Judaism. They explore competing claims about the concept of idolatry that emerges in the Hebrew Bible as a "whorling after false gods". The ... see all copies from $19.97! new only from $30.24! \| SVS
25 view cover	Images, Idolatry, and Iconoclasm in Late Medieval England: Textuality and the Visual Image more books like this by Jeremy Dimmick (Editor), James Simpson (Editor), Nicolette Zeeman (Editor) add to wishlist This book capitalizes on brilliant recent work on sixteenth-century iconoclasm to extend the study of images, both their making and their breaking, into an earlier period and wider discursive territories. Pressures towards iconoclasm are powerfully registered in fourteenth and fifteenth-century writings, both heterodox and orthodox, just as the ... see all copies from $143.50! new only from $143.50!

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