CONNECTING POINT: American Idols

History has always been a great teacher. We can either learn lessons from history or fail to listen to history. In our modern age, I believe there is a tendency among Christians to somehow hold a view that we are morally above early Jewish believers. For example, when reading about Moses and the Israelites during the period when the 10 Commandments were given, many today think, “How could the Israelites be so blind to their idolatry?” The worship of golden calves is blatantly obvious as an idol. There is danger in picking apart the Israelites and failing to evaluate the idols that are so prese...