What did Pastor Josh bring to the sermon as a prop, and whose was it?

His 3-year-old son Moses's teddy bear from Build-A-Bear

According to Pastor Josh, what is the 'big idea' of the sermon?

We need to holy worship a holy God

What does God's name 'Yahweh' (I AM WHO I AM) reveal about idolatry, according to the sermon?

God is not 'I am whoever you want me to be' — he is who he is, revealed on his own terms

In the Exodus 32 story, what did Aaron collect from the people to make the golden calf?

Gold earrings from their wives, sons, and daughters

Pastor Josh used a trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania as an illustration. What was the point of that story?

That our hearts, like a factory, keep producing the same sinful output unless the machine itself is changed

According to the sermon, what does a simple 'idolatry diagnosis' look like in everyday life?

Pulling up your calendar, bank account, and social media algorithm to see what's at the center of your heart

Pastor Josh described going to a concert in Bend with his wife. What was the spiritual point of that illustration?

That we prefer the customized playlist version of God we control over the real God we cannot control — but the real thing is so much better

What does 1 John 5:20-21 say is the remedy to keeping ourselves from idols?

Knowing and being in the true God through Jesus Christ

Pastor Josh described the most 'insidious' form of idolatry alive today. What was it?

Making an idol of Jesus himself — loving a Jesus molded into our own image on our own terms

What was the final response Pastor Josh held up as the ultimate goal of the Christian life, drawn from the Gospel of John?

Doubting Thomas's words to the risen Jesus: 'My Lord and my God'

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Your First Sermon with us

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