This week’s sermon, delivered by Sheldon Turner as a guest speaker, centers on a personal struggle with the concept of a jealous or angry God and the meaning of the Commandments against worshipping false idols. Sheldon identifies common idols such as wealth, fame, and nationalism, before moving to more subtle idols that people mistakenly worship, including their vocations, financial stability, and even their good values or the idealized versions of their children, partners, or themselves. The core message is that all earthly sources are finite and will eventually drain one's ability to love others. It emphasizes that the true purpose of the First Commandment is not prohibition but liberation, inviting believers to accept the infinite, sustaining source offered by God to refill their spiritual "cups continually."
