Sermons by Michael Andrus (Page 2)
Joshua 3
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith Got Any Rivers You Think Are Uncrossable? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Please turn with me to Joshua, chapter 3: “Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. After three days the officers went throughout the camp, giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, who are…
Joshua 5
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith Prerequisites for Special Service SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: What’s the difference between great athletes and mediocre athletes? More often than not, it’s not native physical ability, but rather desire, preparation and training. What’s the difference between a great salesman and an ordinary salesperson who just makes a living? Usually, it’s not a matter of personality or intelligence or even a superior product, but rather desire and preparation—a willingness to learn the product and study the market. What’s the difference…
Joshua 6
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith Joshua Fit de’ Battle of Jericho SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: When I was a young boy we had a record album by baritone Frank Boggs, and I nearly wore the grooves off it. My favorite song on the album was “Joshua Fit de’ Battle of Jericho.” I used to sing it at the top of my voice while I was filling the hopper with coal and taking the clinkers out of the furnace. That really dates me, doesn’t…
Joshua 7
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith Sin in the Camp SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Joshua 7 is tied intimately with Joshua 6, and to grasp its significance, one must read it along with chapter 6, the story of the amazing victory God achieved over the Canaanites at Jericho. But in the interest of time this morning we will begin our reading with the last verse of chapter 6: So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land. But the Israelites were unfaithful…
Joshua 9, 10
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith It’s Never Right to Do Wrong to Do Right SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: We live in a crazy, mixed-up world, in case you hadn’t checked lately. Radical Muslims think nothing of blowing up a barracks and killing and maiming hundreds in order to send a message to the United States to get out of Saudi Arabia. Radical militiamen in Montana and elsewhere feel justified in plotting against federal institutions because their taxes are too high and they…
Joshua 14:6-15
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith Caleb: Growing Old Gracefully SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Aging, as you know, is a universal fact. There is no one alive who is not growing older. And while young people often complain that time seems like an eternity, for the rest of us it happens to be picking up speed like a runaway locomotive going downhill. Fortunately, our society is becoming increasingly conscious of the special problems and needs of the aged, and gerontology has become a…
Joshua 24
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith Choose You This Day! SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Life is saturated with choices. I would suppose that in any given day the average human being must make hundreds, if not thousands, of conscious choices. Most of them are undoubtedly inconsequential, but some of them may affect our lives permanently from that moment on. No decision is more momentous than the question of whom we will serve—the Lord God or some other god. For some this may be a…
Joshua 24:19
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith The Holiness and Jealousy of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note to David: A version of this sermon is posted already in “Joshua” but without audio. It is a sermon I did at Dallas Theological Seminary. It is also posted under the series, “Our Great and Awesome God.” I would leave it under “Our Great…God,” but remove it from “Joshua.” Use this one instead, which does have audio. Introduction: According to Genesis 1-3, God created man in His own image and…
Joshua 24:29-33
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith An Epitaph Worth Living For SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I have always been fascinated by epitaphs. For years I have kept a file of my favorite ones, and whenever I get a chance, I like to browse through old graveyards looking for more. Over the years I have found some fascinating epitaphs in such out-of-the-way places as the old ghost town of Hamilton, NE, a tiny cemetery above Cripple Creek, CO, the graveyard at the old church…
Ephesians 1
Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ Who Are You? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note to reader: These sermons on Ephesians are not my typical verse-by-verse exposition. Most were preached in 1990 in a series on “Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ.” I used Ephesians as a springboard for this series but referred to many other passages as well. Some of the sermons in the series are stand-alone messages preached at various times and various places. The early sermons from 30-35 years ago are not…
Ephesians 2
Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ Lost and Found SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note to reader: These sermons on Ephesians are not my typical verse-by-verse exposition. Most were preached in 1990 in a series on “Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ.” I used Ephesians as a springboard for this series but referred to many other passages as well. Some of the sermons in the series are stand-alone messages preached at various times and various places. The early sermons from 30-35 years ago are not…
Eph. 2:11-22
Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ Reconciliation Between Enemies Is Possible SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: In the first half of Ephesians 2 the Apostle describes his audience as those who were dead in their trespasses and sins, who followed the ways of this world and of its ruler, Satan, who gratified the cravings of their sinful natures, and who were objects of wrath. That is an apt description of the status of every human being before God’s love and…