By Chris VossIt was the Apostle John’s final warning to his readers in his first epistle: I John 5:21, Dear children keep yourselves from idols.“Watch out,” said John. “Be on guard against anything that might occupy the place in your heart that should be reserved for God.”John never qualified that warning. The aged Apostle deliberately refrained from classifying the idols or giving us a comprehensive list to follow. It is an unconditional command. Any idol, regardless of its beauty or usefulness or original purpose, is to be set aside in our lives so that Christ might reign supreme, without a ...