Sermons on Advocate
John 16:5-11
SERIES: The Gospel of John Just Who Is the Holy Spirit? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The Holy Spirit has sometimes been called “the forgotten member of the Trinity.” That’s strange, because the Apostles’ Creed, affirmed by every branch of the Christian Church—Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant—clearly affirms, “I believe in the Holy Spirit.” But to many who profess Christianity that affirmation is little more than words. People speak today of the Spirit of God in the same way they talk of the “spirit of…
Luke 22:7-20
A New Passover Meal Note: This is a brief sermon in preparation for a special communion service. Introduction: The ancient Jewish people made a big deal about remembering important things God had done in their lives. Instead of cameras or Creative Memory parties to help them remember, their tradition was to tell stories. They would tell, retell and tell again the same story so that the important events would be passed down from generation to generation. One of the most important stories in the…
Luke 22:63-23:25
“I Find No Fault in Him.” Introduction: We are literally hours from the crucifixion as we open Luke 23 this morning. Last Sunday we followed Peter from the Last Supper to the court of the home of the high priest as the first part of the trial of Jesus was conducted. Though there are many key figures involved in this travesty of justice—Annas, Caiaphas, Herod, Barabbas—the one I have chosen to focus upon this morning is Pilate. Not only was he more involved in…
Hebrews 2:5-18
What is Mankind? For the past several Sundays we have been studying about angels. Our goal has been to discover how significant angels are to us, not that we might honor the angels but rather that we might honor Jesus Christ, who is so much greater than even the angels. As we come to our text today, we find that the author is not quite through with angels; in fact, they are mentioned four more times in Hebrews 2:5‑18. It is not…