Sentences with phrase «false idols»

The phrase "false idols" refers to people or objects that are worshipped or admired even though they lack true value or are misleading in some way. They appear worthy of our admiration, but they ultimately do not deserve our devotion or trust. Full definition
«I was reading the story of Abraham to my child and talking about, like, not worshipping false idols.
Simonsson's message, though subtle, is there for all to consider — if we, like the children in Simonsson's world — are lost and disconnected, how guilty are we of creating false idols, and how has this impacted us as we choose our leaders?
Tebow thinks hes such a role model that he has a new name for prayer?thats ok role model is just a new word for FALSE IDOL.
Well let me be the first to judge those that follow false idols and condone the evil being spread across this country, be weary be very weary for on the day of your judgement it won't be in Mr obamas hands, no it will be in the hands of a true king the only king!
In other words, man can create false idols from all kinds of earthy materials.
I love how stupid people will vote against their own interests time after time and think it has anything to do with freedom or capitalism or whatever flavor of the month false idol they worhsip at that moment.
Between the failed dream of communism and the rising dream of peace, plenty and personal liberty lies a world reeling dangerously between false idols and social disintegration.
And later, when Moses was on the mountain, they went astray, made false idols, and worshipped them.
This scripture had to do with marking themselves with false idols and «totems» for the dead.
To be ashamed of mentioning God, to ignore the Creator's power, to substitute false idols for the true and living Creator, to ridicule church affiliations and religious beliefs, is a mark of deterioration, not progress.
There is little need for another novel satirizing the narcissism and superficiality of our celebrity - obsessed culture, but what distinguishes Beha's book is the insight that modern people, now deprived of being the apple of God's eye, must create elaborate and dramatic false idols to satisfy the human need to know that someone, anyone, is taking stock of their lives, however contrived and superficial they may be.
if there were a hell, osteen would be headed that way, as the epitome of preaching false idols.
And I have such great hope that your lives will become more gratifying as you age because I know that status and wealth are often false idols and the capacity to measure your life in terms of your value to others is in itself a profound gift.
With his second solo exhibition in less than one year, Zeph Farmby follows up his socially conscious «Pursuing False Idols» exhibition with an even more thought provoking show, «Colored Me Bad».
Why people should not worship false idols... Did God give them a message with striking down this Jesus statue?
I think the concept of genetics and space would have created false idols and distracted from the One that put those things into place.
Paul never berated the Athenians for false idols, Paul presented to them the God they didn't know, Christ and the Resurrection.
... It's a false idol
By now, you have probably seen, or at least heard of, this ad: I have no idea what Rand Paul did when he was an undergraduate at Baylor University, but I doubt that he ever seriously worshipped false idols.
Stay praying to your false idols & stay out of politics.
Don't idolize sports stars (I would think the most devout would understand the concept of not praying to false idols).
One of your ten commandments, the one about worshiping false idols.
History has shown as many Christian countries fell by worshipping false idols and Greed.
We can only pray such Christians evolve into an awareness of the unity of all life rather than continue to worship false idols
Your false idols will burn for all eternity under the weight of the Yggsdrasil.
If you read the 10 commandments, the very first one is about honoring God and not worshipping false idols.
The bible itself is in fact a false idol.
God already knew there was false idols and more would come based on absence of God.
The bioble itself is in fact a false idol.
Talk about having false idols to worship.
I agree, it was a different time and I believe those people were marking their bodies for completely different reasons... marking to pay homage to false idols and to give praise to these idols... 1 Corinthians 10:31 English Standard Version (ESV) 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
I told them about you, God, and they prayed to you, but you and I both know that they will return to their false idols.
Daniel, the righteous man of God, puts himself in the same category as all of Israel who were worshiping false idols.
Do not worship a false idol.
HER love for HER earthly children knows no limits other than false idol worship.
Finch's reply to this proposal is simple, yet devastating: «I would beware of false idols
Yet ultimately such a system is a false idol, for it is through Christ alone that the world has and will be saved.
the worshiping of false idols is a-ok anywhere, anytime.
Isn't that what god does to worshippers of false idols?
Thou shall bring no false idols before me.
just so you know, Buddhism isn't necessarily worshipping false idols, since Buddhist Deities are understood to be representatinal and not real.
It seems to me asking questions at least challenges people to think about what they believe without playing into the false idol of certainty that you know the answers.
The conquistadors didn't approve and outlawed it along with other «false idols
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