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Wilson spends a chapter examining: achievement, approval, power, money, religion, beauty, and dreams. While keeping the consistent theme of God being the only one who can truly fulfill, he deconstructs each common idol and shows why each idol can only offer empty promises. He does this using scripture, anecdotes from his own life, as well as from the lives of those he’s counseled as a pastor.

This book was both encouraging and convicting to read. Identifying the idols in one's life is the first step in combating them. Wilson offers helpful questions in a majority of the chapters that if answered honestly will help the reader identify and deal with various idols in his/her life. Wilson does a good job of both offering practical advice as well as continually going back to Christ as the ultimate fulfillment in the life of the believer. I'd recommend Empty Promises to anyone interested in identifying and dealing with those things in his/her life which may be offering him/her false hope. 

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