The Most Deceptive Idols

Per Tim Keller’s upcoming book, Counterfeit Gods – to be released on Oct. 20th:  (This brief excerpt comes from the Willow Creek Leadership Summit where he was a featured speaker)…..

“We think that an idol is a bad thing, but that is almost never the case.  The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes.  Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.”

We must repent for the reasons we do our good deeds.  If we only repent for our bad deeds, we fail to see the root of our problem.