We become what we worship Book by

The heart of the Biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we become like 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.

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• A foundational example of becoming like what we worship : Isaiah 6
• Becoming like what we worship : evidence elsewhere in the Old Testament
• The origin of idolatry in the Old Testament
• Becoming like what we worship : Judaism
• Becoming like what we worship : the Gospels
• Idolatry in Acts
• Becoming like what we worship : Paul's Epistles
• Becoming like what we worship : the book of Revelation
• The reversal from reflecting the image of idols to reflecting God's image
• Conclusion: So what difference does it make?