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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the books I'd categorize as a must read.  Keller's thesis is that idolatry lies behind all sins, and he plumbs the idols that we all have in our lives (money, sex, power, theological, political, economic, and many others).  He's at his best in identifying these idols and illustrating ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75881831">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to say this is better than Keller's other books as they are all top-notch, but this is truly a excellent work. <br/><br/>Here Keller calls it what it is, he articulates the truth we all are scared to admit we know - that our hearts are idol factories, always looking for the next thing to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76608511">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Our pastor is encouraging our church to read this book.  I read it in practically in a day, it's a small volume.  Keller is a New York Presbyterian minister, and such an intelligent discerner of culture without sounding judging and shrill like some of those famous media-crazy evengelical preachers w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76023937">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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