Quotes About Idols

as John Calvin rightly said, the human heart is an idol factory.

The Brotherhood was effectively a religious community, and one of the idols they worshiped was Number.

I loved Jared Leto. My So-Called Life, that was my jam. And Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet. Every 14-year-old girl was obsessed with that.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them' (Psalm 135:15-18;

Disgust at idols strengthened his love for idolaters, and the man who once held Gentile neighbors at a distance now listened to their problems, fears, and temptations.

IDENTITY CLUE 9: "THEY ARE MAD UPON THEIR IDOLS" "…for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols" (Jeremiah 50:38b) What is America's currently most watched television program?

Errant Israelites actually called on their idols to do what only God can do. How do the Daughter of Babylon's idols, and her idol worshippers, end up? "Therefore behold, days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; and her whole land will be put to shame, and all her slain will fall in her midst." (Jeremiah 51:47)

People Magazine recently paid a movie star $4.1 million dollars. To make a movie? No, $4.1 million dollars was paid for the right to publish pictures of the actor's new baby. America's media covered the unfortunate death of singer Michael Jackson non-stop for days on end. We are "mad upon our idols.

Many have observed that Hollywood has the unique talent to 'weave magic spells' in its movies. But that will come to an end, apparently, as Jeremiah tells us that "Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror" (Jeremiah 50:2d). Price Waterhouse Coopers projects that Americans will spend $495 Billion on entertainment in 2013. No other nation on earth spends so much of its national treasure on entertaining itself.

Those who might assert that the Catholic Church is meant by these verses, due to its portraying Biblical figures and saints in paintings and statues miss the point. For most, these are symbols of faith, not objects of faith. Unlike ancient Israel, most worshippers today don't believe that a statue itself performs miracles. Errant Israelites actually called on their idols to do what only God can do.

Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth of self and pride. The hatred of the carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove: Give me a tender heart, resigned, And pure, and full of faith and love.

I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly - rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it's their style.

Idols aren't just stone statues. No, idols are the thoughts, desires, longings, and expectations that we worship in the place of the true God. Idols cause us to ignore the true God in search of what we think we need.

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

It is a great gain to society to have two idols: in the competition of idolatries the true worship gets a chance.

A single run of luck has made the fortune of many a charm and many idols.

We are guilty of idolatry every time we think about God in any way other than the way Scripture portrays Him.

He wondered if all kids-if normal kids-had this moment of epiphany, this sudden sensation of understanding that their parents weren't gods, weren't even kings. They were just people.

Cris Carter and Randy Moss - they're the guys who made me want to play football and be a receiver.

I was talking recently with a friend of mine who's determined to never meet her heroes, and I have another friend who's been horribly disillusioned a couple of times. But I've had a wonderful ride with meeting people who have been my North Stars, and Bowie's definitely one of them. He feels like my cousin; like the cousin I never had.

Growing up, Missy Elliot and Janet Jackson were definitely major references.

I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry.

I really liked watching Thierry Henry and Zidane, especially Henry in his Arsenal days.

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico García Lorca.