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Idols of the Heart
Learning to Long for God Alone
2001
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This edition is now out of print. There is an updated and revised edition that was released in 2016. The ISBN for the new edition is: 978-1-62995-210-9. Have you ever seen a Buddhist temple or walked through a museum exhibit filled with statues of gods? We tend to think of idols as something outside us. They're something foreign, something we take pictures of in far-off temples of museums, something we wonder at. But God's Word tells us that idolatry is something more than temples, incense, and food offerings. idolatry has to do with love—our love for God, our love for others, and our love for the world. When we look at idolatry in these ways, we understand that we're not so different from those people we observe in temples so far away. Elyse Fitzpatrick helps us to examine the idols of our hearts and, ultimately, to pursue godly lives free from the habitual sins that trap us. When our affections are turned to Jesus Christ, he can once again reign in our hearts.

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
Author · 26 books

Author of 20+ books on the Christian life and the gospel's impact on everyday living, Elyse is a frequent speaker at women's conferences nationally and internationally. Elyse's ministry is summed up in these simple words: No fluff, No bricks, just the good news of a crucified and risen Christ. In 1971 she married her sweetheart Phil and together they raised three children and are enjoying six really adorable grandchildren. Together they attend Valley Center Community Church in the hills of the North County of San Diego where Phil is an elder.

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