David Platt is the Pastor of the Church at Brook Hills and the author of Radical. Here are notes from his evening session titled "Leadership in the Presence of God" (Exodus 32:1-10 and I Corinthians 10:6-13):
Why do we have golden calves of ministry:
1. We have become leaders without conviction. Aaron gave a sinful people exactly what they wanted (Exodus 32: 1-4). We are tempted to do the same.
2. We have devised salvation without dedication. So many say that they "prayed a prayer" sometime in the past and claim Christ but are living in sin.
3. We have manufactured worship without humiliation. They were worshipping but not worshipping God. When we attempt to fashion God in our image, we may be worshipping ourselves and not God. If brokenness and humility don't have a place in our worship, God has no place in our worship.
4. We have created a God without retribution (Exodus 32: 7-10). Do we really believe that the wrath of God is real?
Don't minimize the mercy of God or gut the mission of the church.
We have a mission that warrants urgency.
Symbols represent things we can't put into words.
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