Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Whatever Happened to Heaven and Hell? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I have chosen to preach for the next two months about heaven and hell. As you know, most of the time I preach through books of the Bible, and frankly I think that’s the best way to maintain a balanced diet–God chooses the topics for us and it’s amazing how often a topic comes up during a series just when we need it. Nevertheless, I believe…
A Place Like No Other
SERIES: Heaven and Hell A Place Like No Other SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I think I stirred up a few hornets’ nests last Sunday. Several of you talked to me this week and asked some hard questions. I’m going to try to deal with most of them during this series, but I want to say up front that I don’t pretend to have all the answers. I stated last week that the Bible speaks unambiguously and clearly about heaven and hell. And it does–about…
Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell? SCRIPTURE: Various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Two Sundays ago we asked, “Whatever Happened to Heaven and Hell?” Last Sunday the question was, “What Are Heaven and Hell Like?” Today I want us to focus on a third question, “Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell?” I think we are in for a few surprises. I want to begin by saying to you today that I believe there are going to…
Heaven for Those Who Cannot Believe?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell SERMON: Heaven for Those Who Cannot Believe? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: This Sunday and next I want to address two related and yet very different topics by means of two questions: “Heaven for those who cannot believe?” and “Hell for those who have never heard?” We can avoid the second question, and many of us do, simply by selfishly refusing to worry about the teeming millions who have never heard the Gospel. But we can hardly avoid the first,…
Hell for Those Who Have Never Heard?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Hell for Those Who Have Never Heard? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Acts 8, Acts 10, et al Introduction: Last Sunday’s message engendered a lot of response, most of it encouraging, but some of it challenging. One question several of you asked was essentially this, “Pastor, how can you be so sure all infants who die in infancy will go to heaven since the primary passage, 2 Samuel 12, dealt only with the death of the child of a believer?” Let me say it…
What Will We Be Doing in Eternity?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell What Will We Be Doing in Eternity? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: This is Advent season, and when people come to church the Sunday before Christmas, they generally expect to hear a Christmas sermon. Our current series on heaven and hell has not exactly been seasonal. However, before we are done this morning, I hope you will see there is a connection between today’s message and Advent, but it won’t start out that way. Throughout this series I have tried…
Here Comes the Judge!
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Here Comes the Judge! SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 3:10-15, 2 Cor. 5:1-10, et al SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: As we resume our series on heaven and hell this morning, I want us to wrestle with one of the toughest questions in Christian theology–and that is the issue of future judgment. To many in our pluralistic, tolerant, subjective, and relativistic culture, judgment seems crude, self-righteous, hateful, and proud. But that is only because such a society rejects the notion of moral…
The Divine Bookkeeper and the Great White Throne Judgment
SERIES: Heaven and Hell The Divine Bookkeeper and the Great White Throne Judgment SCRIPTURE: Revelation 20:11-15, et al SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The House prosecutors came to the Senate this week with 60,000 pages of evidentiary material which they believe justifies conviction of the President and removal from office. Most of this evidence has been pried from reluctant witnesses, and it involves just a dozen or so days in one man’s life. Some of it may be hearsay; some may be judged circumstantial. There…
One Minute After You Die
SERIES: Heaven and Hell One Minute After You Die SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Today we conclude a series we began three months ago on heaven and hell. We have by no means exhausted these topics, but my hope and prayer is that we have whetted your appetite to dig deeper. I would like to suggest a few good books for further study. First, I recommend One Minute After You Die, by Erwin W. Lutzer. Erwin was my big brother in seminary and is now Pastor of…