Idol Church, Idle Church is a book that will draw you closer to Christ. It examines what idolatrous religions are trying to accomplish with their faith and practices and then looks at Christianity and how it is different from other religions. It shows how easy it is for followers of Jesus to slip from a dynamic relationship with Christ into the same philosophy as idolatrous religion. The book is realistic about how difficult it is to resist the slide into idolatry or idolatrous thinking but does suggest ways to remain strong in Christ and move churches into dynamic relationship and away from status quo thinking and practice.

We are the Bride Ministries conducted a 40-Day Fasting & Prayer Initiative in January to cast down the idols in the prayer closet. This became a very intimate moment for the team and God truly moved. Learn what those forty (40) idols are and repent so that you will be clean and be a spotless Bride for the King when he returns! God is about to pour out judgment on our nation and we need to be prepared and clean. The enemy has tainted and polluted the church through these idols. We must cast them down and separate ourselves for the coming judgment. The Bible says to TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING. We must have our lamps ready!

An honest look at the ways that the American Church has adopted the mindset and values of our culture, rather than impacting it. The Author believes that the Lord has good things in store for the Church—if we will allow Him his rightful place again.

When we hear the word 'idol' we tend to think of football players or pop stars. We may even remember that some people's religion meant worshipping idols: little or large statues that represented a god. But what has this to do with us today? Julian Hardyman is increasingly convinced that idolatry putting anything else in the place that is rightfully God's explains us and our problems: Why we get so angry about traffic jams. What drives us to work so hard our marriage hits the rocks. What lies behind that compulsion to look at pornography. He has also found that God is engaged in a war to win back our hearts. CONTENTS Introduction: God's battle for our hearts Part One: Who has idols anyway? 1. Idol diagnosis 2. Needs or preferences? 3. More and more and more 4. Lust 5. Beauty and body image 6. People idols 7. Religious and church idols 8. Political, intellectual and cultural idols Part Two: What's the big problem? 9. Strange worship, glory swapping 10. What idols do to God 11. What idols do to us Part Three: Idol busting 12. Repentance and forgiveness 13. Adoption and the Spirit 14. A supreme and satisfying love 15. Rest instead of restlessness 16. Spiritual Facebook 17. Submission to God's will and word 18. Looking forward to the glory of God 19. You're so vain, you probably think this book is about you.

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.

Award-winning religion journalists describe a recently rediscovered medieval prayer tool that provides fresh inspiration and daily prayers for contemporary Christians. All people of faith struggle at times to sustain a flourishing prayer life--a loss felt all the more keenly in times like ours of confusion, political turbulence, and global calamity. The Prayer Wheel introduces an ancient prayer practice that offers a timeless solution for the modern faithful. The Prayer Wheel is a modern interpretation of the Liesborn Prayer Wheel, a beautiful, almost wholly forgotten, scripture-based mode of prayer that was developed in a medieval times. The Liesborn Prayer Wheel resurfaced in 2015 in a small private gallery near New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. It faithfully and beautifully presents seven prayer paths for personal or group use. Each path invites contemplation on the "big ideas" of the Christian faith--the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and key words from the life of Christ. In the tradition of lectio divina and walking a labyrinth, The Prayer Wheel simply and directly takes readers into a daily, wholly unique encounter with God. As the prayers in this book unfold, readers will find an appealing guide for contemplation, a way of seeing God in new ways, and an essential new tool for Christian formation.

The issue of idolatry has been with the human race for thousands of years; the subtle temptation is always to take what is good and turn it into the ultimate good, elevating it above all other things in the search for security and meaning. In this timely and challenging book, New York pastor Timothy Keller looks at the issue of idolatry throughout the Bible -- from the worship of actual idols in the Old Testament, to the idolatry of money by the rich young ruler when he was challenged by Jesus to give up all his wealth. Using classic stories from the Bible Keller cuts through our dependence on the glittering false idols of money, sex and power to uncover the path towards trust in the real ultimate -- God. Today's idols may look different from those of the Old Testament, but Keller argues that they are no less damaging. Culturally transforming as well as biblically based, COUNTERFEIT GODS is a powerful look at the temptation to worship what can only disappoint, and is a vital message in today's current climate of financial and social difficulty.