From his teaching on Ezekiel 14-16, Pastor Robert Furrow of Calvary Chapel Tucson discusses Israel's idolatry as well as ours today.

Idolatry begins in the heart. There's where you first turn against God and where you really turn to God. Proverbs 4:23 says, "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life". Matthew 15:19 tells us, "Out of the heart proceeds the evil speakings, the murders, the adulteries, the fornications, the lies, the heart". And here in Ezekiel we learn, were these men coming to inquire of God, to hear the word of the Lord from the prophet. And God says to Ezekiel, why should I speak to them? Why should I be inquired of by them? Because they all have their little idols all set up in their hearts." They would usually set up an idol on an altar, on a table, or some place in their home, that's bad enough. But it's even worse to set up an idol in your heart, because then you begin to deceive yourself, you say, "I'm not guilty of idolatry, I don't have any idols. I don't have any little shrines in my home." But if you've got it in your heart, that's worse. (less info)