We Become What We Worship, G. K. Beale
We Become What We Worship, G. K. Beale
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We Become What We Worship
A Biblical Theology of Idolatry

Author: G. K. Beale

Narrator: Kent Klineman

Unabridged: 14 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/13/2022

Synopsis

The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. Beale concludes with an application of the biblical notion of idolatry to the challenges of contemporary life.

About G. K. Beale

G. K. Beale is Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois, and coordinator of Wheaton's MA in Biblical Exegesis program. His books include The Book of Revelation, 1-2 Thessalonians, The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts? Essays on the Use of the Old Testament in the New, and The Temple and the Church's Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on December 20, 2008

I really enjoyed this book. Beale's thesis was extremely CLEAR and well-presented: what we revere is what we resemble, either for ruin or restoration. If we worship idols, we become vain like them (having eyes but not seeing, ears but not hearing) and are destroyed by them. If we worship the true Go......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on January 10, 2009

This is world class biblical theology.......more

Goodreads review by Becky on December 21, 2020

"What we revere is what we resemble, either for ruin or restoration." Excellent.......more

Goodreads review by Scott on June 03, 2012

At the outset, it should be noted that I love Biblical Theology. Ever since reading Jim Hamilton's "God's Glory in Salvation Through Judgement" last year, I have been attracted to how authors have explored and developed biblical themes that can sometimes remain carefully hidden with language, cultur......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on March 12, 2017

This book was incredible. Beale can be a little difficult to read, but only on account of his thoroughness. He argues his case very well. Beware, however, for this isn't truly "A Biblical Theology of Idolatry" as the subtitle would lead you to believe, rather, it's a "A Biblical Theology of Idolatry......more

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