The last of the ten commandments is not coveting anything that is your neighbors. Ahab’s coveting of Naboth’s vineyard illustrates the dynamics and results of coveting. Coveting expressed itself in this example through false witness, murder and stealing. Those who follow deception because they have no shepherd covet and commit idolatry. Dynamics of Coveting Ahab…
A congregation rallied other churches in a college town to pray downtown during an annual Halloween festival that brought 25,000 revelers resembling Mardis Gras with its drunkenness and sensuality. Police broke up fights, arrested out-of-control people, and hoped that a riot would not erupt. The cost for the clean up was nearly $100,000. Churches prayed…
Tim Keller says the following about idolatry: 1. Anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God,2. Anything you seek to give you what only God can give you.3. A counterfeit god is anything so central and essential to your life that, should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living4. An…