Essays on Idleman

Gods at War

How Can You Keep the Gods From Taking Over Your Life? Idolatry is something which Christians must guard against during the entirety of their lives. Particularly today, with consumerism being as rife as it is, idols can be easily picked up just by going about daily life. The bible counsels against idolatry in many sections, including the (arguably one of the most important verses on the subject) you shall not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship ...

So many people around the world have the passion to following Christ and his teachings, but they are distracted by one thing or the other. According to Idelman, people talk less about money but it is the ultimate dream to many people. Besides, she adds that were it not for the god of achievement, it would have been easier to follow Jesus. Whatever she says it is true, people are too busy to seek the god of achievement, and live no time to following the teachings of Jesus because they are too busy doing other things (Idleman, 2013). People ...

Managing the gods in our lives

Idleman has talked about god of food and god of sex in her book. Food is generally good because it helps in the physical growth, but people must desire to have the food that will nourish their souls forever. People often get hungry after eating, meaning that they want to eat time and time again, but its because they already chose to worship the god of food that control them. On this note, they should yearn to replace that god with the living God, and surely they will realize how good is the Lord (Psalms 34: 8). Besides, Matt ...

The book of Deuteronomy 6:15 says that “For the Lord your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God.” The scripture means that God is envious about what people do, especially if they are not doing them for the glory of God. It also means that not everything that people do is pleasing in God’s eyes, and He rebukes some of the activities human beings engage in. Idleman talks extensively about the jealous God. Just to reflect on a jealous God, she says that everything in the universe belongs to God and nothing can be compared to ...