Counterfeit Gods

CNLP 825 | What Destroys Leaders: Eric Geiger on Preaching to Your Own Sins and On Disappointing Your Staff

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, 25 August 2026. The book comes up at 14 min 27 sec in.

Eric Geiger calls Counterfeit Gods one of his favourite and most profound Keller books. He discusses its theme of cultural idols and disordered loves—tracing the idea back to Augustine—and connects it to what he identifies as Southern California's dominant idol of success. Carey Nieuwhof agrees it is his favourite Keller book as well, and adds that Keller told him the predominant idol shifted toward identity in the final years of his New York City ministry.

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