Sermons on Deception
Ephesians 6:10ff, Part 1
Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ Know Your Enemy 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…
1 John 2:18-29
Truth or Consequences Introduction: When I was attending Southern Methodist University one of my philosophy professors, Dr. Robert Jung, an existentialist agnostic, spoke with great conviction one day in class and said, “There are no absolutes.” I knew him pretty well and felt sufficiently secure to raise my hand and ask, “Dr. Jung, are you absolutely sure?” He responded with a rambling treatise on epistemology and a lot of doubletalk which merely clouded the issue. It was evident that the only absolute he was…
1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
How the Gospel Impacts the Pastor It’s no secret to any of you that the media loves bad news. Bad news sells. Bad news titillates the public. Bad news can be used as a tool to further personal agendas, as we saw in the recent tragedy in Tuscon, Arizona. The media particularly likes bad news when it focuses on a politician they don’t like. The conviction of Tom Delay and the fall of John Edwards received a lot of attention because both men had already…