2.3-Idolatry

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 2.3-Idolatry

I like what Tim Keller wrote:

Timothy Keller
@timkellernyc
If you uproot an idol in your life and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back or be replaced with another.

Colossians 3. 

5 Therefore, [b]treat the parts of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which [c]amounts to idolatry.

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