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Loading... We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatryby Gregory K. Beale
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Excellent review of biblical evidence that we become like what we worship. This is an excellent book tracing the theme of idolatry through the Bible, always mindful of the book's subtitle, i.e. that humans are created for worship and they will eventually look like the object of their worship. Beale is an exceedingly thorough scholar, perhaps occasionally to the exasperation of the reader, but it all pays off in the end. The last chapter is a gold mine of practical, pastoral understanding and application of his thesis: We become what we revere, either for ruin or restoration. Other than finding an allusion under every rock and being about 100 pages too long, this book did a good job of laying out the thesis: that we become what we worship, either for restoration or for ruin. The beginning and the end were the best written sections and most clearly laid out without extraneous information. It is a compelling argument and one that believers should take seriously as they examine their lives to see who or what they are imaging to the world. Other than finding an allusion under every rock and being about 100 pages too long, this book did a good job of laying out the thesis: that we become what we worship, either for restoration or for ruin. The beginning and the end were the best written sections and most clearly laid out without extraneous information. It is a compelling argument and one that believers should take seriously as they examine their lives to see who or what they are imaging to the world. no reviews | add a review
The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. Beale concludes with an application of the biblical notion of idolatry to the challenges of contemporary life. No library descriptions found. |
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