Sermons, Biblical Theology, Discipleship, Homiletics, Episcopal Preaching Porter Taylor Sermons, Biblical Theology, Discipleship, Homiletics, Episcopal Preaching Porter Taylor

Sermon: Gods, Coins, and Glory

Caesar can have his coins because the earth is the LORD’s and everything in it. 
Caesar can have his tax because the cattle on a thousand hills belong to the LORD. 
Caesar can have his money because his power is neither absolute nor divine. 
That all belongs to YHWH. 

God's image has been imprinted upon humanity, and it is our holy task to let that divine spark shine to the glory of God's name.

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Sermon + Commentary: Idols, Invitations, and the Immortal

Israel wanted images of their new gods. Their God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses was invisible. The living God could be seen through fire and cloud, plague, passover and parting the sea, but the people wanted something they could look at. In their short-sighted haste, they trade the invisible for the visible, the one true God for a false idol, the omnipotent for the impotent.

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