The apparently obscure story of the tribe of Dan’s idolatry in the book of Judges has implications for us today. The Danites willingly adopted idolatrous practices to achieve their own ends. Their sin helped steer the whole nation into idolatrous worship. Idolatrous practices of making God into our own image are deeply ingrained in our culture today. Dan’s story helps us see why we must stay completely out of the world and put nothing of our own imagination into our worship of God

Andy Diemer

Associate Pastor, United Church of God

Andy Diemer is the associate pastor serving the congregations in Ft. Lauderdale and Vero Beach, Florida, and in Freeport, Bahamas. He served as the pastor of the churches in New England from 2014 to 2021. He was baptized into the Church in 1981 and ordained as an elder in 2011. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Cleveland State University. He had a thirty-year career in manufacturing before being hired by the UCG in 2014.