Idolizing the good things: Relationships

Exodus 20:3 has the first commandment of the Decalogue:“You shall have no other gods but me.”With the biblical and historical background of Israel written for us, we can easily point out the idols- the golden calf, the Baal statues, the asherah poles and the moulded pagan deities. It is easy to look at all those and think, “Well, I definitely have no idols.” However the truth, Beloved, is that the command of idolatry applies today just as it did with Israel in the desert. You see an idol is...