Sermons on Confrontation
2 Samuel 12:1-14, Psalm 51
SERIES: David: 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 believe that is true. Examine the great religions of the world–Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, spiritism–and none even comes close to the moral standards set down in the Bible or offers a solution to…
2 Samuel 12:1-14
SERIES: David: A Person After God’s Heart Caring Enough to Confront SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Suppose you discover that a good friend of yours is addicted to prescription medicine. Or perhaps you learn that someone in your ABF is having an affair. Or maybe a teenager hears that another kid in the youth group is sexually active. What should you do about it? Mind your own business? Spread the information (so others can pray, of course)? Turn them in? Or should you confront them? One of the…
1 Cor. 1:10-17
Contentious Christians Introduction: The old proverb says, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play.” The meaning of that proverb is, of course, that when people find themselves without proper supervision, they often conduct themselves without proper decorum. This is exactly what was happening in the church at Corinth. Paul had founded the Church there while on his second missionary journey, and he had stayed approximately 18 months. But other cities needed churches too, so he left the core of believers at Corinth in the…