# “An idol” by Herman Bavinck

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- Published: 2022-02-02T12:00:15-06:00
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“An idol is whatever leads us away from the living God.”

–Herman Bavinck, [_Reformed Ethics,_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/080109822X?tag=toletaupanre-20)_
[ Volume 2](https://www.amazon.com/dp/080109822X?tag=toletaupanre-20): [The Duties of the Christian Life](https://www.amazon.com/dp/080109822X?tag=toletaupanre-20)_,
Ed. John Bolt (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 128.

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