Playlist: Statues (topic)
The Commandments (Part Three)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe second commandment prohibits the creation of statues or any carved likeness for use in worship, whether of male or female, beast, bird, fish, or heavenly bodies. These representations originate in the human mind as efforts to make worship of the invisible God more accessible, yet they inevitably change Him into a created …
Keep Yourself From Idols
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsAn idol is anything in our lives that occupies the space which should be occupied by God alone, anything having a controlling force in our lives.
America's Goddess (Part Two)
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsPresident Grover Cleveland called the Statue of Liberty the United States' "peaceful deity—greater than all gods." Wiccans pray to her as a nature goddess.
America's Goddess (Part One)
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsThe Statue of Liberty was a gift from Freemasonry luminaries. It is the image of a pagan goddess in the mold of Ishtar, Isis, Athena, Minerva, and Semiramis.