Ask a Pastor Column

Q: I know that the Bible says that idolatry is wrong, does that include wearing a cross necklace or things like that? What is Idolatry?

A: Oftentimes moral questions of this sort boil down to the heart attitude rather than the act itself. In other words, idolatry isn’t so much what we do as why we do it and who or what we do it to.

Idolatry is fundamentally about worship, and worship is about what we focus on and hope-trust in. God knows that He is the only true and wise God, and that placing absolute trust in anything or anyone besides Him is ultimately like stepping on quicksand. It’s why He...