Acts 17:16–34 Is Jesus really the best? Better than all the idols this world has to offer? And how can we have confidence in that?
"Idolatry" Tagged Sermons
Acts 14:1–28 When the door of faith is opened, what changes? Superstitions and idols are brought down, the gospel is preached despite opposition, and the souls of God’s people are strengthened.
Ezekiel 8:1–18 Ezekiel is given a guided tour of the idolatry taking place in God’s temple. We must see that it leads to corrupt living, it deserves judgment, and we must flee.
1 Kings 18:1-40 There is something very inspiring about Christians who are wholehearted in their commitment – and something very unappealing about Christians who are half-hearted and flaky. How can we make sure we are the former?
Various Work takes up a big portion of our lives, but what is the point? Where does regular work fit into God’s purposes? If we were really keen would we all be going into fulltime paid gospel ministry? In this talk we consider the five ‘G’s of a biblical perspective on work!
Colossians 3:22-4:6 Work takes up a big portion of our lives, but what is the point? Where does regular work fit into God’s purposes? If we were really keen would we all be going into fulltime paid gospel ministry? In this talk we consider the five ‘G’s of a biblical perspective on work!
Exodus 32 How would you complete this sentence – ‘I like to think God is…’? Whether it’s our time, our money or our priorities, it’s tempting to reshape God until he’s exactly what we want him to be. But do we actually have the authority to make those kind of decisions? Listen in as God’s people try and do just this as they build the golden calf.
Exodus 32 Sometimes it can be very tempting to reshape God until he’s more in line with our preferences. Listen in as Israel make that mistake and build a Golden Calf.
Daniel 3:1-18 William Wilberforce campaigned for most of his adult life, often against violent opposition, to end the British slave-trade. Martin Luther King even gave his life in the cause of civil rights in the US. When we hear about these heroes who stood for what they believed in against the world, we admire them but we doubt we would be able to show such resolve. Listen in as we consider the Bibles call on us to stand against the crowd, and how we can be empowered to do it.
Most modern people don’t quite get the Bible’s obsession with idolatry. We think of idolatry as an ancient problem for backward people who bowed down to statues, not a relevant one for sophisticated folks like us. But we aren’t beyond idolatry. We simply dress it up in different clothes.