The Unknown God | On a Mission | Pastor Brandon Woodard

We live in a world that is constantly searching. Searching for meaning. Searching for identity. Searching for truth. Searching for something solid enough to build a life on. And even though our culture may not use the word “idols” very often, we are surrounded by them. Success. Comfort. Knowledge. Control. Politics. Pleasure. Self. The names may have changed, but the human heart is still chasing everything but God.

In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard begins our new series, On a Mission, by looking at Paul’s time in Athens in Acts 17:16–34. Athens was a city filled with idols, intellectual pride, spiritual confusion, and endless religious options. Paul could have attacked the culture with hostility, or he could have retreated from it in frustration. Instead, he stepped into the moment with wisdom, courage, and clarity. He used their own cultural context to point them to the one true Creator.

Paul did not condemn their search for meaning. He exposed where the search had come up empty and boldly declared the answer they were actually looking for. The God they called unknown was not distant, silent, or unreachable. He was the Creator of all things, the One who gives life and breath to everyone, the One who calls all people to repentance, and the One who proved Himself by raising Jesus from the dead.

This is what it means to live on mission in a secular culture. We do not hide from the world, and we do not simply yell at the world. We enter the conversation with truth and grace. We listen well, speak clearly, and point people to Jesus as the exclusive answer their hearts are searching for.

God is not far.

In This Message:

► The Unknown God: How Paul used the spiritual hunger of Athens to point people to the one true Creator.

► Mission in a Secular Culture: Why followers of Jesus are called to engage the world without retreating or attacking.

► Searching for Meaning: How modern idols reveal a deeper longing only God can satisfy.

► God Is Not Far: The hope of a Creator who is near, who calls us to repentance, and who has revealed Himself through the risen Jesus.

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