Idolatry Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Money Can’t Buy Happiness

Caring for Others, Giving, Happiness, Idolatry, Money, Wealth, Wisdom

Almost everyone is familiar with the tragic story of Seattle grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, the eclectic frontman of the early ’90s three-piece Nirvana, a…

Idolizing Family

Family, Idolatry, Serve, Sin, Trusting God

In 2019, Lori Laughlin’s family was among many privileged families charged with bribery of college admissions offices. Laughlin and her husband spent hundreds of…

Integrity

Idolatry, Integrity, Sin, Unity, Worship

In Letters to my Children, Daniel Taylor discusses integrity. He writes that integrity “means wholeness, unity.” When we sin, we become divided and less…

False Idol, False Hope

Blasphemy, Dangerous, False Preaching, Idolatry, Idols

In Emily St. John Mandel’s novel Station Eleven, a pandemic quickly kills most of the earth’s population. In the aftermath, a young man, Tyler…

Boiling A Frog

Christianity, Complacency, Cultural Idolatry, Idolatry

Folk wisdom used to say that when you boil you a frog, you don’t throw it directly into the boiling water. Instead, you throw…

Popeye’s Spinach

God's Strength, Idolatry, Idols, Power of Jesus, Powerlessness, Strength

Here is a video of Popeye the Sailor getting his strength from spinach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zrRlMGeBes. The enemies of God’s people and the idols of the…

Pleasure Island

False Teachers, Idolatry, Idols, Sin

Pinocchio blindly follows Honest John to Pleasure Island, where the promise of endless fun awaits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjgf-HQKRcE. Only too late does he find out he…

American Idol

Commandments, Following God, Idolatry, Idols, Putting God First, Ten Commandments

An idol is something you create, and it is something you worship. It can be a person. It can be an object. It can…

Scripted

Ambition, God's Will, Idolatry, Trust

Have you written a script for God, indicating many of your life steps, thinking he’ll automatically read it, approve it, and sign off on it?…

Soul Mate

God, gods, Idolatry, Love, Marriage, Purpose, Relationship with God, Soul mate

The online dating company eHarmony markets the idea of a soul mate, in commercials like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRPH-fa2tE. But sometimes the soul mate idea…

Is God Your God?

1 John 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Calling, Church, Colossians 4:2, Commitment, Exchange, Idolatry, Love, Mark 11:24, Philippians 4:6-7, Prayer, Priorities, Private Time, Worship

“What you think about in your private time is what you worship.”- Pastor Timothy Keller. Jesus calls for us to make time to pray…

Not the Answer

Contentment, Fame, Fleeting Glory, God's Glory, Good Gifts, Happiness, Hebrews 13:5, Hope, Idolatry, Kingship, Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:25-26, Philippians 4:11-13, Psalm 3:2-6, Thirst

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”…