---
title: 'Isaiah’s Scorn of Idolatry'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1945-12-25
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Revelation (General and Special Revelation)'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 44'
- 'Hosea 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1945-isaiahs-scorn-of-idolatry
---

# Isaiah’s Scorn of Idolatry

Machen condemns modern pragmatic 'religion' as idolatry—making gods to serve human ends rather than worshipping the living God. He calls for a recovery of Scripture and revealed truth.

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