Ep. 342 – When Good Things Become Idols in Girlhood

As the Raising Godly Girls Podcast launches another week of insightful Christian parenting conversation, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden dive into the world of Biblical womanhood, especially as it relates to idols. After sharing prominent women and celebrities they idolized as girls, both hosts reflect on the  many different ways  idolatry can seep into modern Christian life in America.   

 

Melissa took on the potential for even a  medial  diagnosis to become an idol label, shifting a girl's focus onto self and limiting the resilience the Holy Spirit might  seek  to produce in her heart. Rachael  tags in to  warn against the tendency for extracurricular activities and dedication to take an idol-type place in the family calendar.   

 

Rachael shifts into asking insightful and key questions to  determine  if your girl might have an unhealthy relationship with things or areas of her life, which take the place that God set up for Himself to reign.  Melissa roots the discussion with a gentle reminder that idolatry in the Old Testament of the Bible is not gone today, and Christian families must always be on guard to protect our hearts and minds from that way of life.   

 

 

Three Things to Consider:  

 

• Has her idol taken over  the majority of  her day—every day?    

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