Sermons on Covenant
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 8
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith New Beginnings in the Life of Faith SPEAKER: Paul T. Stolwyk Introduction: Remember the experience of beginning a new school year? Imagine for a minute that is the first day of sixth grade. You walk into the school and you notice the shine on the floor. There’s the strong smell of cleaning supplies used to get last year’s bubblegum out of the water fountain. Pencils have no chew marks, with erasers still big and pink on the end. A new clean…
Joshua 23
SERIES: Joshua: Victory through Faith How to Walk with the Lord Your God SPEAKER: Paul T. Stolwyk Introduction: I think it was a couple of years ago when I realized for the first time that Billy Graham wasn’t going to be around forever. He has been such a part of the American landscape but also the whole world for almost 50 years, that I must have just assumed that he would always be here. But over the last couple of years Billy has…
Hebrews 8:1-13
Why Do We Need a New Covenant? When Jesus ate the Last Supper with His disciples and instituted the ordinance of communion, He said, “This cup is the New Covenant in my blood.” What did he mean? One of the most important but least understood concepts in the Bible is that of “covenant.” The word is used over 250 times altogether and more often in the book of Hebrews than any other NT book, by far. A number of covenants are mentioned in…
Galatians 4:21-31
Two Sons, Two Covenants When I was in Seminary my homiletics professor waxed eloquent on more than one occasion on the advantages of expository preaching, as opposed to topical preaching or textual preaching. Among the advantages he reiterated were that it keeps the preacher from riding hobby horses, it gives the people a balanced diet, and it allows the Bible to speak for itself. There is another important factor which I don’t recall my prof mentioning, namely that expository preaching forces…