Sermons by Michael Andrus
Isaiah 40
SERIES: Our Great and Awesome God The Greatness and Smallness of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Dallas Theological Seminary DATE: October, 1996 Thank you, Dr. Gangel, for that kind introduction. This is an honor I never expected to receive. Preaching at Dallas Seminary is like singing at the Met, playing tennis at Wimbledon, or skiing at Vail. I graduated in 1971 and, frankly, was not on the best of terms with the administration of the Seminary. You see, I was the first and last Chairman of…
Joshua 24:19
SERIES: Our Great and Awesome God The Holiness and Jealousy of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Dallas Theological Seminary DATE: October, 1996 According to Genesis 1-3 God created man in His own image and likeness. According to twentieth century theology, however, it seems that man has created God in his image. The God of many people today is a God concocted from those characteristics man admires most. Thus one hears a great deal about God as a God of love, mercy, compassion, benevolence, grace, forgiveness, patience, and…
Job 38:11
SERIES: Our Great and Awesome God The Power and Providence of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Dallas Theological Seminary DATE: October, 1996 I wish to share with you today an experience that changed my life. It happened three years ago on the 20th of September, 1993. I was returning home one night from a prayer meeting for the victims of the terrible flood St. Louis was experiencing. I was about two miles from my home when a horse that had been spooked jumped over…
Philippians 1:1-11
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell A Joyful Servant of Christ SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: For a number of months now I have been using a New International Version called The Student Bible. I have enjoyed the pithy notes and comments by Phil Yancey and Tim Stafford, the editors; they are quite different from the notes found in most study Bibles. I have borrowed their title for Philippians as the title for this summer series: “Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell.” I like…
Philippians 1:12-18
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell A Christian Perspective on Trouble and Troublemakers SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: In our new series on Philippians entitled, “Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell,” we come today to Philippians 1:12-18 and the subject of “A Christian Perspective on Trouble and Troublemakers.” No doubt some of you will recall that only six weeks ago I preached a message from 1 Samuel on trouble. In that sermon we indicated that if ever a person deserved…
Philippians 1:20-26
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell The Christian Perspective on Life and Death SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Today is not only Father’s Day. It is also Juneteenth. How many of you have heard of Juneteenth? Not too many apparently. I know one thing about those who didn’t raise their hands—you’ve never lived in Texas. Juneteenth is what African Americans in the Deep South, particularly Texas, call June the 19th. That is the day Union Troops arrived in Galveston in 1865, officially freeing Texas’ black…
Philippians 2:1-11
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell The Great Exchange SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: A number of years ago the Chicago Daily News reported an unusual incident. It happened in the comfortable first-class compartment of a crowded London-bound train when a tall young man rose from his seat and pushed his way into the corridor and through the door into the next compartment. There he spoke to an obviously weary woman whom he had seen standing and swaying to the motion…
Philippians 2:1-11
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell The Great Exchange Applied SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Wasn’t it Charlie Brown who said, “I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand”? I think so. He put his finger on a problem for a lot of us, didn’t he? There are some other versions of his profound insight that we might want to consider: “I love the family; it’s my wife and kids I can’t stand.” “I love the Church; it’s the pastor, the elders and the other…
Philippians 2:12-18
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell The Ins and Outs of Practical Christian Living [i] SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was preached in Wichita in 2019 as part of another series on Philippians and is being substituted for the earlier sermon. Introduction: Josh called yesterday and whispered the news that he had a bad case of laryngitis and asked if I could substitute for him this morning. I didn’t exactly freak out because I was already on the schedule to…
Philippians 3:1-8
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell The Bankruptcy of Human Religion SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Philippians chapter 3 is one of the most profound and most loved passages in the Bible. Please listen carefully to the reading of verses 1-8: Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For…
Philippians 3:9-14
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell Winning the Race SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The Olympic Games begin in Seoul, Korea in a few weeks. Once again, as is true every four years, one hundred million Americans in desperate need of exercise will spend countless hours in front of a television watching a few hundred athletes in desperate need of rest, who are nevertheless pressing on with every last ounce of effort they can coax out of their tired bodies. …
Philippians 3:15-4:1
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell Sound Advice for Resident Aliens SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I have never lived in a foreign country, but I have had the privilege of traveling extensively throughout North America, and also to Central America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Visiting a foreign country for a few weeks is certainly not the same as living there for an extended period of time, but even my relatively brief visits have taught me some…