The Idol Factory of the Heart

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

When we ignore an attribute of God that makes us uneasy or we neglect a passage of Scripture that challenges our thoughts about God, we’re committing idolatry. Today, R.C. Sproul puts us on guard against unbiblical distortions.

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0:00.0	If you strip God of His attributes in your thinking, in your doctrine, in your theology,
0:08.6	you are committing idolatry.
0:15.1	Because the God you are worshiping is not God.
0:23.0	If your God is not sovereign, your God isn't God.
0:27.1	If your God isn't holy, your God isn't God.
0:30.0	You have an idol.
0:31.8	Now I'm speaking to Christians.
0:35.0	Your natural disposition as a fallen human being is to be an idle factory.
0:40.3	If we don't do it in a crude way, we'll do it in a refined way by stripping God of those things we don't like about God
0:48.3	and replacing the biblical God with a distortion.
0:53.3	Thank you for listening. the biblical God with a distortion.
0:58.5	Thank you for listening.
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