Sermon Topic: Idolatry

Diana of the Ephesians

Date: January 24th, 1954  |  Scripture: Acts 19:8-41  |  Topics: Diana, Doubt, Ephesians, Greed, Idolatry, Magic, Necromancy, Palm Readers, Paul, Self-interest, fortune tellers

And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. And God wrought sContinue Reading


Abraham: Citizen of Ur

Date: May 26th, 1957  |  Scripture: Genesis 12  |  Topics: Abraham, Commitment, Culture, Idolatry, archaeology

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and fiveContinue Reading


Abraham: God’s Pilgrim

Date: June 2nd, 1957  |  Scripture: Genesis 12  |  Topics: Abraham, Believers, Christianity, Idolatry, Separation

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and fiveContinue Reading


Form and Godliness

Date: November 9th, 1958  |  Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:5  |  Topics: Church, Godliness, Idolatry, Power, Revival

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.


The Broken Sentence

Date: April 5th, 1959  |  Scripture: Exodus 32:30-32  |  Topics: False Religion, Golden Calf, Idolatry, Paganism

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.


The Weepers of Bochim

Date: February 14th, 1960  |  Scripture: Judges 2:1-5  |  Topics: Idolatry, Israel, Judgment, Sin, War

And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shContinue Reading


The Call of Gideon

Date: March 13th, 1960  |  Scripture: Judges 6-8  |  Topics: Courage, Faith, Idolatry, Repentance, Trust, Truth

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; And they encamped against them, and destroyed tContinue Reading


The Faithful Jephthah

Date: April 10th, 1960  |  Scripture: Judges 10:12  |  Topics: Dating, Faith, Idolatry, Judges, Marriage, Priorities, Vow

The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.


Micah’s Manufactured Religion

Date: May 8th, 1960  |  Scripture: Judges 17-18  |  Topics: Emotion, Idolatry, Islam, Religion, Symbols

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven imContinue Reading


The Twenty Years Silence

Date: September 18th, 1960  |  Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:1-22  |  Topics: Ark, Dagon, Idolatry, Judgment, Luck, Samuel, Silence, Symbol, Talisman

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? LContinue Reading