Sermons on Friendship
1 Samuel 18-23
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times Every Leader Needs a Friend SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I used to play a little game with my son Andy when he was just a toddler. I would set him on my lap and ask, “Andy, who’s your best friend in the whole world?” If he was in an ornery mood, which was almost always, he would say, “Mommy,” at which I feign great displeasure and tickle him until he changed his answer to “Daddy.” At times…
John 11:1-53
SERIES: The Gospel of John Does Jesus Care? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Dr. James Montgomery Boice, well-known evangelical scholar and pastor, preached nineteen 45-minute sermons on the 11th chapter of John. I plan to do it in one 35-minute sermon. Now I don’t know if that makes you feel cheated or greatly blessed, but I have decided to look at the whole rather than the parts, asking the simple question, “Does Jesus Care?” He told us He does; in fact, just last week in chapter…
John 15:9-16:4
SERIES: The Gospel of John No Greater Love; No Greater Hate SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I don’t know how long it has been since you purchased a diamond. For me it was over 29 years ago. But I remember well how the jeweler sold me on it. He pulled it out of a box, flipped it up in the air and slapped it on his wrist, saying, “How do you like that baby!” No, you know better. He did what every jeweler does. He picked it…
Romans 16:1-16
Brothers and Sisters in Christ Introduction: A pastor I know wrote the following: A special blessing in my life over the past four years has been getting to know a friend who is a medical doctor. He has a fascinating story about how he came to Christ. After suffering through two disastrous marriages and divorces, he went on a search for meaning and purpose in his life. He decided to volunteer one day a week to work in an AIDS clinic in San Francisco. There…
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…
Colossians 4:7-18
The Friendship Factor SCRIPTURE: Colossians 4:7-18 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: We have been involved for the past three months in a study of the NT book of Colossians. I entitled the series, “Christ is the Answer,” because no book in the Bible focuses as much attention on the person and work of Jesus Christ as this book. To review briefly, it tells us that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the first-born over all creation. By Him all things were created…