Sermons on Adultery
2 Samuel 11
SERIES: David: A Person After God’s Heart Cancer in the Body SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Friends, we come today to one of the saddest stories in the whole Bible–the story of David and Bathsheba. It is sad because it reminds us of the fact that human beings, no matter how gifted or godly or successful, will always disappoint us eventually. We dare not put our ultimate faith in people. It’s sad, too, because it reminds us of our own failures in life–acts…
2 Samuel 12:1-14, Psalm 51
SERIES: A Person After God’s Heart He Said He Was Wrong SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: John R. W. Stott, one of the great evangelical thinkers of our day, has stated, “Christianity is the only religion in the world which takes sin seriously and offers a satisfactory remedy for it.”[i] I believe that is absolutely true. Examine the great religions of the world–Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Mormonism, spiritism–and none even comes close to the moral standards set down in the Bible or offers a…
Exodus 20:1-21
Ancient Commandments for Modern Living SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: There is a full series on the Ten Commandments on the website, which expands greatly on this sermon. Introduction: I grew up in evangelical churches all my life, then attended Bible college and seminary for eight years, but it wasn’t until about ten years ago that I realized a rather startling fact: I had never in my entire life heard a sermon on the Ten Commandments! In trying to understand the reason for that…
1 Cor. 6:12-20
Six Reasons Why Sex Outside Marriage Is Wrong SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Introduction: I read recently of a wife who went to lunch with eleven other women who were taking a French course together, since their children were all in school. One rather bold woman asked the rest, “How many of you have been faithful throughout your marriage?” Only one raised her hand. That evening when the woman of our story related the incident to her husband and admitted she was not the one who had…
1 Corinthians 6, 2 Samuel 11-12
Sin Will Take You Further Than You Want to Go SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 6, 2 Samuel 11-12 Introduction: A Southern Gospel song I heard only once in my life, but remember clearly, goes like this: “Sin will take you further than you want to go, Slowly but wholly taking control. Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay, Sin will cost you more than you want to pay.” That is the message I want to share with you today. Several weeks…
Daniel 6, 1 Cor. 6:9-20
Flee Immorality Introduction: In Daniel 6 we were challenged to follow Daniel’s example of exceptional allegiance to duty in the face of temptation. We considered a number of crises facing us today (integrity, marriage, parenting), but time did not permit us to examine the crisis in sexual immorality. We return to that topic this morning. Pastors have been known to make sweeping statements, sometimes overstatements, to wake a congregation up, statements like: “Never before in the history of mankind has sin been darker,”…
Matthew 5:27-32
A Sermon for the Ages: Hard Sayings on Adultery, Divorce, and Remarriage Introduction: My sermon this morning is going to make some of you uncomfortable; in fact, it has already made me uncomfortable. But I think it is a message that needs to be heard and taken seriously. The title, “Hard Sayings on Adultery, Divorce, and Remarriage” pretty well describes today’s Scripture text, Matthew 5:27-32. Listen carefully to these words spoken by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. You have heard that it was said,…
Genesis 39
When Temptation Comes in Like a Flood Let me review briefly where we have been and where we are going. We are doing a series of four biographical sermons on the life of Joseph. Last Sunday our topic was “When Parents Play Favorites” from Genesis 37. We saw the dreadful results of dysfunction in Joseph’s birth family and urged all of us to renounce favoritism and to break the cycle of dysfunction in our homes. Today we move to Genesis 39 and the topic,…