Solid Rock Church Sermons

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at Paul ’ s response to the idol worship going on in Athens. Upon entering the city, Paul w as very disturbed by what he saw. Instead of seeing a beautiful city that was full of knowledge and culture, he saw a city that was steeped in idolatry and evil. The people of At hens had manufactured an entire religious system that allowed them to control and manipulate the gods in order to feed their desires for pleasure. Dissatisfied with thei r religious system and their manmade gods, the Greeks took it one step further by creating an addit ional altar: the altar “ To The Unknown God. ” In a similar way, modern American culture has become skept ical of absolute truth and we see a shift away from Truth-driven living and toward pleasure- driven living. Our culture is recirculating the Greek philosophy, “ If it feels good, it must be right. ” Even in Christianity, there is a shift away from a Bible-based vi ew of God to a modified version of God t