Idols of Our Own Destruction

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With their silver and gold they made idols

for their own destruction. (Hosea 8:4, NRSVCE)

This reflection is not about whether Confederate statues or Mount Rushmore or anything else tangible should come down.

No, it’s about the somewhat less obvious idols we make for ourselves, the idols that start out

Hosea Commentary Scroll

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