PPT-Dealing with idols

1 C orinthians 8 amp 10 Idols are everywhere cultural background Idols are everywhere Ezekiel 143 Son of man these men have taken their idols into their hearts and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. A Critical Reading of “The Four Idols”. Why Bacon Wrote “The Four Idols”. Prove Aristotelian logic wrong. Thought deductive logic produced error. Main Rhetorical Structure. Enumeration. . 1. Idols of the Tribe. Idolatry: The . Greatest Deception of . All . Time. Psalm 115:1-8. Worshipping Images. Why is it a sin to worship images?. God forbids it (. Ex. . 20:1-6).. Images cannot do anything for us (Psalm 115:1-8).. Being Catholic in the Sacred Heart Tradition. Elisabeth Brinkmann, R.S.C.J.. March 11, 2011. Overview . The Society’s service of education in the Church.. The Catholic intellectual tradition.. Goal V: Education to personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom . “Where . is your God. ?”. . They . exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. .. . Romans 1:25. An idol . GOD'S VIEW OF IDOLS - Deuteronomy 5:7 (God zealously loves us with all His being & wants us to love Him) - Jeremiah 1:16 ; 2:1-2, 5, 11-19, 27-29 ; 3:6-14 , 19-20 ; 4:1-2 ; 32:32-35, 38-40 10:14-33. "Now Concerning"—. Reply To Their Letter – . Liberty In Christ – . 7:1-16:4. Flee Idolatry – . Glorify God. Questions About Things Offered To Idols – (8:1-11:1). Meats offered to idols were used in the observance of pagan feast -. “I . am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. . Your . altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols. . P. arts. By Sam Chirtel. Mentor Anne . Eakin. Moss. Invocation. Perhaps . you can make some sense of this. I am a young man of a young race and you are old…so old that the Old Ones themselves are mere larvae before you. So old that even the Great Stillborn Giants obey you and cry “Father!” at your approach. Your wings span Creation…covering the countless things-for that is how you must view such ephemeral creatures as men or black suns-which daily vanish into the aether with only you to witness them. Retreat from the sterile embraces of your favorite children for but an instant, and hear my plea. I have…my mind has been stretched and my heart has been broken, you see. It is hard to say more. Master, I mean to speak to you of the Kraken. . Christian Liberty: . Liberty to Act in Love. First Corinthians. Sinners YET Saints. 1 Corinthians 8. Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him. Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol . Temple of Zeus from Pergamum. MODERN IDOLATRY. MATTHEW 4:8-11. “Again. , the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their glory. And he said unto him,. Name. Describes the reigns of the kings. Author & Date. Author unknown. Probably mid- to late 6. th. century B.C.. 2. Kings. Structure. Chapters 1-8: Elisha. Chapters 8-16: Various kings. Chapter 17: Fall of Israel. Truth . to Take with You. It is right to worship the One true God. . It is wrong to cling to our idols.. Exodus 20:4-5a . NIV. . You shall not make for yourself an idol . in the form of anything in heaven above . What is an idolatry?. Worship of idols. Idols is anything that you put before God. My idols. Idols that I currently struggle with is. Boys. Successful lifestyle. Trends. Most Dangerous idol. Boys are my most dangerous idol because they tend to make me fade away from God. Contrasted with idols. Idols cannot move, speak, or will (Jer. 10:1-16). God is self-reliant (Acts 17:25). God speaks. To Israel (Deut. 5:26; ref. . Exo. . 19-20). Through his word (Luke 16:27-31). To us (Heb. 1:1-2).