{"product_id":"breaking-the-idols-of-your-heart-how-to-navigate-the-temptations-of-life-paperback-1","title":"Breaking the Idols of Your Heart: How to Navigate the Temptations of Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan B. Allender\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTremper III Longman III\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all want to know our lives matter.So did the Teacher in Ecclesiastes. He invested time and energy in every activity he could think of that might bring meaning and purpose to his life but found only disappointment, frustration, hopelessness.In our thirst for significance we, like the Teacher, give our lives--our time, talents, strength, heart--to anything we think will give us worth and purpose: Power. Relationships. Money. Pleasure. Work. But worshiping these idols has a high cost--and still doesn't bring the fulfillment we long for.In \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Idols of Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e Dan Allender and Tremper Longman illuminate for us the Teacher's warnings and, after all his activities, his final radiant conclusion: Meaning and purpose comeonly when God is truly the center of our life and the object of our hope. Using a compelling fictional narrative at the start of each chapter to encourage reflection on our own life and the lives of family and friends, the authors lead us through Ecclesiastes to help us recognize and exchange cheap pursuits for the only One worth pursuing.Ecclesiastes is not an easy book to read, because transferring our worship from money, power and fame to God is not an easy road to travel. But as the Teacherdiscovered and wrote down for us, it leads to one conclusion: life lived abundantly, in freedom, hope, purpose, meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan B. Allender (PhD, counseling psychology, Michigan State University) is professor of counseling at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. He taught previously at Grace Theological Seminary and Colorado Christian University. A speaker and writer, his books include \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Path, To Be Told, How Children Raise Parents, The Wounded Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeading with a Limp.\u003c\/i\u003e With Tremper Longman, he wrote \u003ci\u003eBold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies\u003c\/i\u003e and the IntimateMarriage Bible studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author or coauthor of over thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Read the Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Proverbs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOld Testament Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.18 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868607897797,"sku":"9780830834419","price":38.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/fBNtaJQX_u9780830834419.webp?v=1781389862","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/breaking-the-idols-of-your-heart-how-to-navigate-the-temptations-of-life-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}