Spiritual success can be just as dangerous as opposition—especially when leaders are tempted to accept the praise meant for God. In Acts 14, Paul and Barnabas go from being persecuted to nearly being worshiped as gods.
We’re challenged to examine how easily admiration can slide into idolatry by unpacking the subtle but dangerous threat of sharing in God’s glory.
Other Sermons
This sermon on Job 28 contrasts humanity’s incredible technological and intellectual achievements with its complete inability to discover true wisdom apart from God. The preacher argues that wisdom is not merely information, answers, or life principles, but the very...
The sermon teaches that Job’s friends are wrong not because they overstate God’s greatness, but because they wrongly reduce human beings to “worms” with no real value or standing before God. In contrast, Scripture shows that humans are made in the image of God with...
This sermon explains how in Job 21 and 24, Job challenges the simplistic belief that God always rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked in this life, pointing out that evil people often seem to prosper while injustice goes unchecked. It affirms that this...