To Adapt A Phrase, Idols Have Consequences.

The Gospel Is Like A Caged Lion,' Said The Great Baptist Preacher Charles Spurgeon. 'it Does Not Need To Be Defended, It Simply Needs To Be Let Out Of It's Cage' Today, The Cage Is Our Accommodation To The Secular/sacred Split That Reduces Christianity To A Matter Of Personal Belief. To Unlock The Cage, We Need To Become Utterly Convinced That, As Francis Schaeffer Said, Christianity Is Not Merely Religious Truth, It Is Total Truth- Truth About The Whole Of Reality.

No One Lives Like A Robot. We All Make Choices From The Moment We Wake Up In The Morning.

An Idol Is Anything Put In The Place Of God As The Ultimate Reality - The Eternal, Self-existent, Uncaused Cause Of Everything Else.

In High School, I Came To Realize I Had A Second-hand Faith, Derived From My Parents And Family Background. I Had No Actual Reasons For Believing It.

When We Encounter The World Of Ideas For The First Time, We Easily Get Overwhelmed. Scripture Is Telling Us, 'don't Be Distracted By The Details. Cut To The Core By Asking, What Is Its Idol?' Whatever Functions As Its God Substitute Will Shape Everything Else.