Special Occasions
GOD’S HEART FOR EVANGELISM
Evangelism Seminar at First Evangelical Free Church of Wichita God’s heart for evangelism SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus I want to talk to you about a couple of topics this evening: “God’s Heart for Evangelism” and “The Importance of the Gospel in Evangelism.” But let me start out by defining the key term, Evangelism. It is essential that we know what we’re talking about when we use this term. It does not mean proselyting. It does not mean converting. It is not even mean…
Reformation Day, 1999
Reformation Day, 1999 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Today is a holiday for many Americans, but it is a Holy Day for Christians. This is Reformation Day, the 482nd anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. On October 31, 1517, a 34-year-old monk named Martin Luther nailed a treatise containing 95 spiritual concerns on the door of the University Cathedral in Wittenberg, Germany, to protest corruption in the church of his day. That set off a reform movement which produced the Protestant church, a movement to…
Holiness Is What I Long For
OCCASION: Men’s Breakfast, First Free in St. Louis Holiness Is What I Long For SCRIPTURE: Various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I’ve been asked to speak on personal holiness today. I hope you will excuse me for a brief reference to the headlines of recent weeks. Leaving aside all the unsubstantiated rumors, we have in the White House and as the leader of the Free World today an admitted adulterer and liar. I won’t focus on him, however, because he told us who he…