Sermons on Sin

“It Was the Worst of Times” (Judges 19)

It Was the Worst of Times (Judges 19) Judges ends with a description of the political and religious decline of Israel (reverse of introduction). Last week we noted the corruption of worship as idolatry in the household of Micah escalated to idolatry in the tribe of Dan. The decline magnifies in the following section where Benjamin looks like Sodom. You won’t find illustrations of this chapter in your Children’s Storybook Bible. Why is this so dark? (19:1; cf. 17:6). Judges…

The Cycle of Idolatry (Acts 19:21-41)

Introduction Last week, the patience of God allowed believers to mature in their faith. Here we see the opposite as God hands them over to their sin. God was patient with Ephesus. Paul spent 3yrs. Eventually, people had to decide whether to save their careers/souls. Calvin, “Man’s nature…is a perpetual factory of idols.” Our emotions reveal our idols. Not removed through will power or formulaic responses. Victory requires more than information; it requires relationship. We cannot experience victory over idolatry…