CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 20, 2026

    HAVE YOU STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IDOLS? THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. EVEN AFTER SEEING THE MIRACLES OF GOD, THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES STILL SETUP FALSE GODS OF WOOD, STONE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES THAT COULD NOT SEE, HEAR OR DELIVER.

    OUR MODERN IDOLS ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND SATAN IS MORE SUBTLE IN HOW HE PERSUADES SO MANY TO WORSHIP THEM. OH, NOT OUTRIGHT, AND NOT A STATUE.

    OUR IDOLS TODAY ARE MONEY, PLEASURE, FAME AND MOST SUBTLE OF ALL, POLITICS.

    THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. MANY ARE TRYING A TYPE OF ALCHEMY, FUSING POLITICS AND FAITH. THEY DENY IT BUT DON’T THEY SEEM TO SPEND MORE TIME FOCUSING ON POLITICAL LEADERS AND THOSE WHO CALL OTHERS NAMES THAN THEY DO SCRIPTURE AND THE KINGDOM NOT OF THIS WORLD?

    ARE SOME OF US FRUSTRATED BY THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, NO MATTER WHO IS RUNNING – OR RUINING – WASHINGTON? HERE’S A QUOTE FROM C.S. LEWIS THAT MIGHT OFFER HELP: “IF WE FIND OURSSELVES WITH A DESIRE THAT NOTHING IN THIS WORLD CAN SATISFY, THE MOST PROBABALE EXPLANATION IS THAT WE ARE MADE FOR ANOTHER WORLD.”

    PONDER THAT IF THERE ARE IDOLS IN YOUR LIFE. I’M, CAL THOMAS.