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What Is an “Idol?”

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

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The Four Root Idols

Youknw idols are not usually bad things. They're good things upon which we put godlike weight. Tim keller has, has, he talked a lot about idolatry. He had a really useful way of describing w called it the four root idols. And chances are, when you peel the layers back of your sin, you're going to see that that behind it is a drive for one of these things. If you seek approval, if that's your root idol, by approval, i mean affirmation, a love from others. You need your relationships to feel like you haven'tvalidation, then your greatest fear is rejection. Emotion, if your root idol is powers

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