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'Preachers' and 'idolatry'. Surely these two words don't belong together? Or do they?
The apostle John ends his first letter with the plea, 'Dear children, keep yourselves from idols' (1 John 5:21) - an exhortation to believers to keep alert to insidious temptations of all kinds.
What is true of Christian life and ministry in general is true of preaching in particular, and John's warning may be taken as a specific warning to preachers who can easily fall prey to various forms of idolatry associated with their calling.
With insight and wisdom, Derek Tidball reviews a selection of idols to which preachers are particularly vulnerable, under four headings: the self, the age, the task and the ministry. His aim is not to condemn - for the task is perilous enough - but to alert, and thereby help us to avoid those factors which, although good in themselves, become idolatrous, deposing God from the throne which is rightly and exclusively his. Our preaching should be offered up as a worthy sacrifice to the one, true, living God.
Author
Derek Tidball
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Intervarsity Press (IVP)
Published
January 2011
Weight
270g
Page Count
208
Dimensions
13.8 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm
ISBN
9781844744961
ISBN-10
1844744965
Eden Code
3958250
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'Once again, Derek Tidball has hit the mark. In a creative way he addresses the potential problem of preaching itself being an idol for the preacher, especially looking at how the pulpit can be used to enhance the power and popularity of the preacher, and how falling into this temptation is, in fact, idolatry ... The book deserves careful reflection.'
Kenneth L. Swetland, Senior Professor of Ministry, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
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