Episode 125: What Do We Do with Our Idols? with Dee Brestin

This conversation feels like sitting down with a dear friend over tea.

I can envision us starting out with a sigh, a sip of Earl Grey, and saying: "So, this pandemic has been hard. I haven't *only* been running to Jesus. I've made some mistakes. Can you help think through what is going on in my heart?"

Bestselling author and speaker, Dee Brestin, hears our words, gently translates them into heart idols (power/control, comfort, or approval), and offers us some really practical next steps.

This conversation is what our ragged souls need.

//: Highlights:

• "God has given us these needs that he promises to meet...but if we do not trust him to comfort us, if we do not believe he really loves us, if we do not like the way He is doing things, then we will substitute something else." --Dee Brestin
• "Idols pretend to be our friends, and then they turn around and cut us to pieces... Play the whole tape out and see where this is going to end." --Dee Brestin
• "Sing to your soul. Sing the truth about Me to your soul...and I will come to you if you just wait. You will feel so good in a little while." --Dee Brestin

//: Do the Next Thing:

• Find Dee's Idol Lies book here.  
• Dee has some great testimonies on idolatry here.
• The episode I referred to about lament/forgiveness? Here.
• Diagnose your heart idols via Tim Keller here.
• The expulsive power of a new affection sermon? Find it here.
• A bunch more resources can be found on our podcast episode page here.