Sipping Saltwater : How To Find Lasting Satisfaction In A World Of Thirst
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Part 1: Idolatory Redefined
1. Our Nagging Thirst
2. Our Drink Of Choice
3. The Saltwater Cycle
Part 2: Idolatory Destroyed
4. Living Water
5. Drinking Fountains
6. Quenched
Part 3: Idolatory In Your Life
7. God – Garbage – Gift
8. Money
9. Sex
10. Control
11. Comfort
12. Work
13. Relationships
14. Religion
15. Self
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A unique take on explaining idolatry, particularly in our contemporary culture of numerous hidden idols.
The uniqueness of this book comes in the metaphor of sipping saltwater. Our idols promise us a certain level of satisfaction; they fail to quench our thirst; they leave us thirstier than we were before drinking them; and we are left with a devastating hangover (i.e. the consequences of sin) in the end. Ultimately, we must spit them out and drink Christ’s living water, the only drink that will ever truly satisfy us.
This book enables readers to identify their own source of saltwater, and how to quench their thirst by drinking Jesus’ living water.
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SKU (ISBN): 9781784981822
ISBN10: 1784981826
Steve Hoppe
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: October 2017
Publisher: The Good Book Company
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