In Counterfeit Gods, Tim Keller says, “I am not asking whether or not you have rival gods. I assume that we all do; they are hidden in every one of us… In Romans 1:21-25, Paul shows that idolatry is not only one sin among many, but what is fundamentally wrong with the human heart.”

How do we know if our passion with sports has become an idol? Christian Sports Outreach has a great post addressing this issue: When we won’t even consider the possibility that our sports are an idol, we live out what God says of idolaters in Isaiah 44.

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