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Podcast: Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray
Episode: All Idols are Slated for Destruction - Feb 28 2021
Description: This year's conservative Republican gathering, CPAC, included the surprising presence of a golden statue of Donald Trump. It is surprising that the gathering of largely Evangelical Christians did not immediately see the easily drawn analogy to the golden calf idol from Exodus. But, it is a fitting symbol of the idol the former president's supporters have bowed down to worship: greed, racism, oppression, misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia, and more. The statue represents in a very real way the "id" of our culture but, as an idol, it is slated to be destroyed. The liberation of America from the shadow of...