The world has suffered so much with the terrors of death, sickness and disease, poverty, famine, drought, emotional distress, wars, and political strife. Is there an escape from these? According to Philips, the answer is "Yes!"

Addictions--to drugs, alcohol, pornography, nicotine, caffeine, gambling, shopping, internet surfing (Webaholism), and much more--control lives. These lifestyle sins rob people of the lives God intended for them. Jesus promised in John 10:10 that He had come to give abundant life. This abundant life cannot be realized when there are patterns of habitual sin controlling the heart. The Bible calls these patterns idols, and the problem is actually a worship disorder. We were created to worship only God, so when we begin to worship at another altar, we allow demonic bondage into our hearts. How can people overcome these addictions that grip so tightly? The author presents a clear biblical presentation, along with his personal life experiences, to help you cast down those idols once and for all. You can live a victorious Christian life

Were all idol-worshippers at heartputting loves, desires, and expectations ahead of God. But theres good news! Elyse shows us how we can identify our idols and battle besetting sins.

The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of 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.

Idols are fairly easy to recognize in Old Testament stories about false gods, golden calves, statues, and Asherah poles. And they’re not hard to spot in the lives of other people. But what about our own idols? Is it even possible for 21st-Century Christians to worship gods that aren’t real? How do we know if we’re doing it? In Idolatry, Curtis Zackery takes a look at an ancient sin that still ensnares God’s people today. Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a common topic or theme. Converge can be used by small groups, classes, or individuals. Primary Scripture passages are included for ease of study, as are questions designed to encourage both personal reflection and group conversation. The topics and Scriptures in Converge come together to transform readers’ relationships with others, themselves, and God.

Have you ever wondered why there is no progress, no peace and no joy in your life and maybe in your family? Why wherever the soles of your feet touch, you possessed curses instead of blessings; and why is it that anything you touched brought a curse instead of blessings? Think about it. BORN INTO IDOLATRY BONDAGE is one of the major destroyers of the foundation of the lives of many people. It leads to spiritual imprisonment, torments and slavery by birth through generational inheritance. It is a curse that stands as a spiritual epidemic. When we talk of bondage we are talking about a spirit that bounds someone and subjects that person to some external forces, power and control. It can spiritually restrain you, tie you up, chain, or put you in handcuffs by unknown evil forces. We see in the Bible that spiritual bondage does not mean you are being held physically captive. It is more than that. It is any area of your life where you come into agreement with the enemy's lie that is in direct opposition to God's Word. In so doing, you give the demon legal access and an open invitation to come in to control, torment and finally kill you. DR. CYRIL NWOZOR is a Church planter. In 2008 he was the Founder of New Covenant Revealed Ministries, Lagos Nigeria. Today he is the Founder/Senior Pastor of Power of Praise Church International, a non-denominational Church located at Enugu, Nigeria. For over a decades he has proclaimed the word of God all over the world mainly in villages and rural area. He provides spiritual leadership, covering and inspirations to many Pastors within and outside his ministry. Dr. Cyril and his wife Deborah Ify Nwozor (Co-pastor, POPCI) by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, share the vision in taking the gospel in rural areas of the world, walking by faith and in love, empowering, unifying and encouraging believers to be active in advancing the kingdom of God. "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight."(Luke 10:21). Grace, joy and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be unto you."

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, commonly referred to as Tertullian (c. 160 - c. 220 AD), was raised in Carthage. He was thought to be the son of a Roman centurion, a trained lawyer, and an ordained priest. These assertions rely on the accounts of Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History, and St. Jerome's De viris illustribus (On famous men). Tertullian is the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity"and "the founder of Western theology." Though conservative, he did originate and advance new theology to the early Church. He is perhaps most famous for being the oldest extant Latin writer to use the term Trinity (Latin trinitas),and giving the oldest extant formal exposition of a Trinitarian theology.[Other Latin formulations that first appear in his work are "three Persons, one Substance" as the Latin "tres Personae, una Substantia" . He wrote his trinitarian formula after becoming a Montanist; his ideas were at first rejected as heresy by the church at large, but later accepted as Christian orthodoxyScant reliable evidence exists to inform us about Tertullian's life. Most history about him comes from passing references in his own writings.