June 9, 2024
God exposes and condemns the blasphemy and arrogance of King Belshazzar giving us a warning of why we need to always examine our sins and live repentant lives.
Idolatry
The Paradox of the Gospel
November 27, 2022
- Larry Sundin
- The Gospel of John
- John
- death
- eternal life
- glorifying God
- Humility
- Idolatry
- Life
- Paradoxes
- servanthood
- John 12:20-26
Jesus used paradoxes to teach us that the way to life is through death
Jesus The Iconoclast
February 20, 2022
- Larry Sundin
- The Gospel of John
- Deuteronomy 16
- John
- Malachi 3:1-2
- complacency
- Idolatry
- Jesus
- passion for God
- Resurrection
- Worship
- John 2:13-25
Whatever controls us is our Lord; is our Master. And anything that becomes more important and nonnegotiable to us than God actually enslaves us. That is why when it comes to our relationship with God, God does not tolerate idols in our lives.
Matthew: A Heart After God
January 4, 2021
- Larry Sundin
- Matthew
- James
- Matthew
- Psalms
- devotion to God
- Idolatry
- pleasing God
- Pure in heart
- Matthew 5:8
When Jesus speaks of “the pure in heart,” in relationship to God, he is describing someone of integrity – a person who has a single-minded focus, an undivided devotion toward God.
The Story of God: The Things We Do For Love
May 23, 2017
- Larry Sundin
- The Story of God
- Genesis
- deceit
- Dowry
- Idolatry
- Love
- Passion
- Rachel
- Strength
- Genesis 29:1-30
Sometimes we’re just like Jacob. We go after what we want with all our strength and all our passion and still come up wanting. Has that been your experience? Are you like Jacob? Or have you come to the place in your life where you recognize that you really are powerless, and you need God?