Lucente's review
The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings
by John Eldredge
Lucente's review
The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings by John Eldredge
Lucente's review
rating:
NOTE: Moving this to "read" shelves as I declutter my notes here. This is a devotional and presents excerpts from Eldredge's other books. Thus, I will continue to read it.
To date, the most thought-provoking topic has been that of idol worship. Here is a selected reading:
"The way to render a man happy, is to engage him with an object that will make him forget his private troubles. – Pascal
"Don’t be fooled by the apparent innocence of the object you’ve chosen as an idol; what is the function of it? Most of our idols also have a perfectly legitimate place in our lives. That’s their cover, that’s how we get away with our infidelity.
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"No one wants to take a good, hard look at what they are really doing, for then we might see the lie. We would see the water hole for the muddy puddle it is. Our idols become the means by which we forget who we truly are and where we truly come from. They numb us."
I have elected to read so many ...more
To date, the most thought-provoking topic has been that of idol worship. Here is a selected reading:
"The way to render a man happy, is to engage him with an object that will make him forget his private troubles. – Pascal
"Don’t be fooled by the apparent innocence of the object you’ve chosen as an idol; what is the function of it? Most of our idols also have a perfectly legitimate place in our lives. That’s their cover, that’s how we get away with our infidelity.
...
"No one wants to take a good, hard look at what they are really doing, for then we might see the lie. We would see the water hole for the muddy puddle it is. Our idols become the means by which we forget who we truly are and where we truly come from. They numb us."
I have elected to read so many ...more
