The Greatest Threat to the Church Is from Within SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Good morning. In forty-eight years of ministry this is the first time I have preached to a camera without an audience. This is not easy. Covid has sure changed the nature of pastoral ministry! While Josh is on study leave, our Pastoral Resident Dominick Wong has organized a 3-week study of the New Testament book of 2 Peter. He did a great job introducing the book last Sunday and sharing from chapter…
The Book of Judges: Hearts of Iron, Feet of Clay The Second-Generation Syndrome SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I suspect some of you are glad we’ve finished our series on “Great Church Fights” and can now move on to something more edifying than conflict. Well, we’re moving on alright—to a book of the OT that specializes in murder, mutilation, ethnic cleansing, rape, idolatry, and general moral mayhem. It’s almost like watching the evening news. You may end up wishing I had found some more church fights…
The Book of Judges: Hearts of Iron, Feet of Clay Breaking the Cycle of Partial Obedience SPEAKER: Paul T. Stolwyk Introduction: John is a homeless man. An unfortunate set of circumstances converged to take this once middle-class man to the streets. By night, he sleeps in several places. By day, he forages for food in the dumpsters behind local eateries. A street tip tells him of a dumpster behind a restaurant where the pickings are not only plentiful, but they beat the typical Burger King…
