Sermons on Fellowship
Acts 2:42-47
SERIES: Three Keys to Growing Healthy Churches Fostering Fellowship SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I got a phone call Friday from David and Judy Constance, former members of our church who moved to Detroit six months ago. In the course of our conversation, I asked them how things were going. The boys were fine, David’s job was fine, the house was fine, the neighbors were fine, even the weather wasn’t bad. But church was another matter. They said they had attended 13 or 14 churches…
What Will We Be Doing in Eternity?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell What Will We Be Doing in Eternity? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: This is Advent season, and when people come to church the Sunday before Christmas, they generally expect to hear a Christmas sermon. Our current series on heaven and hell has not exactly been seasonal. However, before we are done this morning, I hope you will see there is a connection between today’s message and Advent, but it won’t start out that way. Throughout this series I have tried…
Philippians 2:1-11
SERIES: Philippians: Cheerful Sounds from a Jail Cell The Great Exchange Applied SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Wasn’t it Charlie Brown who said, “I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand”? I think so. He put his finger on a problem for a lot of us, didn’t he? There are some other versions of his profound insight that we might want to consider: “I love the family; it’s my wife and kids I can’t stand.” “I love the Church; it’s the pastor, the elders and the other…
2 Timothy 2
A Shepherd’s Most Important Task: Feed the Flock SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was preached at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego in 2005. I was asked to speak at the installation of my dear friend Carlton Harris as Pastor. Introduction: When Carlton called and asked me to come and preach at his installation service, I told him I would pray about God’s will in the matter, hung up the phone, and immediately asked my wife to order some airline…
1 John 1:1-10
CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON Walking in the Light Introduction: When I first took Greek in college in preparation for ministry, I remember how good it felt to be able to read the book of I John just six weeks into the course. I was so proud I was sure I was destined to be a great Greek scholar. It didn’t take me long, however, to realize that my ability to read 1 John had a lot more to…
1 Corinthians 16:10-24
Marks of a Community of Contagious Christians SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 16:10-24 Introduction: After an 18-month journey, we have arrived at the final section of the NT book of 1 Corinthians, where we find the Apostle Paul offering (as he almost always does at the end of his letters) personal encouragement to some real people he knew on a first name basis. We too readily forget that 1 Corinthians is primarily a letter, and only secondarily a theological treatise. Paul is writing to his…
Acts 2:41-47
The Holy Spirit Builds Strong Bodies Introduction: When I was a kid, I absolutely loved Wonder Bread. It was so soft and white, and it made such excellent dough balls when it was wadded up. And when my mom hesitated to buy it, I made sure she knew that Wonder Bread builds strong bodies twelve ways, a truth I was privy to from watching Gene Autry and Howdy Doody, which only the geezers in our audience will relate to. I can’t recall what any…