Emotional Idolatry (With The Perrys Podcast Tour)

With The Perrys

The Perrys

Society & Culture, Christianity, Personal Journals, Withtheperrys, Prestonperry, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Thirtyminuteswiththeperrys, Jackiehillperry

5 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

You know the word ‘emotional’ – we’ve all got feelings – and you’ve heard the term ‘idolatry.’ But it’s rare that we hear the two words as a phrase together. Emotions are not wrong – having them is evidence that we’re created in the image of God. But if we’re not careful, emotions can dictate our world and realities instead of God’s truth.

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0:00.0	What's up y'all this is Preston Perry and right now you're about to listen to the
0:04.2	emotional idolatry episode from the podcast tour with me and my beautiful wife
0:09.2	hope you enjoy peace. Y'all want to hear about emotional idolatry.
0:15.0	So usually you've heard the term emotional.
0:21.0	We know about feelings.
0:22.0	We've heard the term idolatry, but it's rare that we hear both
0:26.8	words used together. Okay? So when you hear the phrase emotional idolatry what comes to your mind?
0:33.0	Good question. I put up a quote. Can I read this quote before I answer it?
0:38.0	I just saw my living room and just, you know, feel like I was at home for five seconds.
0:43.0	This is a quote from John Piper.
0:45.0	John Piper says this, and I think it's fitting.
0:49.0	He said, my feelings are not God.
0:51.0	He said, God is God.
0:53.8	My feelings do not define truth.
0:55.5	God's word defines truth.
0:57.6	My feelings are echoes and responses to what my mind perceives,
1:00.8	and sometimes, many times, my feelings are not in sync with the truth.
1:05.7	When it happens and it happens every day in some measure I try not to bend the truth to
1:09.6	justify my imperfect feelings but rather I plead with God
1:13.8	purify my perceptions of your truth and transform my feelings so they are in
1:19.0	sync with the truth.
1:20.8	And I think that's a good quote because I think I think what he's essentially saying is that
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