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Idols of the Heart by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick — WisdomDeck honest review
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Idols of the Heart

by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

Habitual sins as idolatry: what you fear, love and trust more than God, how to identify it, and how to replace it. Biblical counselling applied to the self.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Idols are what we fear, love and trust.
  2. Recurring sin has a root.
  3. Replace, do not just remove.

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Do the diagnostic questions in chapter two.

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The idol under the sin.

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