Status Updates From Gods at War: Defeating the ...

“ what God asked of Abraham, but did not finally require, he was willing to do himself, for the love of you and me. He had a choice. On one side was his own beloved Son, stainless, and perfect. On the other stand, you and me, and tangled in all the sin that makes us unworthy of his blessing. The only way we could be reconciled, was by way of sacrifice. And God still loved the world that he gave his only Son.”

“If I am constantly critical of others for the emptiness I feel, if I am always giving the ones I love a hard time for not meeting my needs and not making me happy, it’s most likely because I’m asking them to do something they weren’t made to do.” -Pg 225

"What we sacrifice the most for has the most potential to become a God replacement." -Pg 202

“…our increasing reliance on the flash and glamour of our entertainment is blinding us to a quieter and truer pleasure.” -Pg 126

“When we worship sex as a god, we find that it leads to the exact opposite of its divine design as a gift.” -Pg 109

Connection—Loneliness
Pleasure—Emptiness
Satisfaction—Slavery
Intimacy—Separation
Unity—Divorce

“Idols are defeated not by being removed but by being replaced.” -Pg 96

“…worship is the built-in human reflex to put your hope in something or someone and then chase after it.” -Pg 63

“[The difference between Christianity and] Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, or anything else…[is our God’s] hot pursuit of people.” -Pg 52

Questions to ask yourself to find your idols:
What disappoints you?
What do you complain abt most?
Where does your money go?
What worries you?
Where is your sanctuary? (Best one imo.)
What infuriates me?
What are your dreams?

Oooof i feel clocked.

“Disproportionate disappointment reveals that we have replaced intense hope and longing in something other than God.” -Pg 41

[“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.”]

“He wasn’t saying ‘before me’ as in ‘ahead of me.’ A better understanding of the Hebrew translated ‘before me’ is ‘in my presence.’” -Pg 27