Sermons on Heaven
John 14:1-14
SERIES: The Gospel of John The Cure for Heart Trouble SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The Devil, according to legend, once advertised his tools for sale at public auction. When the prospective buyers assembled, there was one oddly shaped tool which was labeled “Not for sale.” Asked to explain why this was, the Devil answered, “I can spare all my other tools, but I cannot spare this one. It is the most useful implement I have. It is called, ‘Discouragement,’ and with it I…
1 Corinthians 15:35‑49
The Mechanics of the Resurrection: How Are Dead Bodies Raised? SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 15:35‑49 Introduction: Some workmen were moving a little cemetery to make way for a new highway. One man, standing in a deep hole, held up a small zinc plate, and read to the others, “Jennie Stewart, 1905‑1908.” Then his shovel uncovered some moldy wood, a few bones and a blackened skull. “That’s all that’s left of little Jennie,” he said. Then he put her remains in a new box and moved on. Now you look…
Matthew 6:19-24
A Sermon for the Ages: The Treasure Principle Introduction: In the Wichita Eagle ten days ago, there was an article about the 946 billionaires in the world today, including 6 Kansans, several of whom are from Wichita. Do you have any idea how much money a billion dollars is? If you laid dollar bills end to end it would take nearly a million of them to reach from here to Emporia. But a billion of them would go around the world 4 times! That is serious…
Matthew 22:23-33
What Will Family Relationships Be Like in Heaven? Introduction: Nearly everyone believes in heaven, but when asked what heaven is like, words like mansions, streets of gold, and gates of pearl are about as far as most people can go. The Bible certainly teaches the existence of heaven, and there is actually a fair amount of descriptive language about it in Revelation 21 and 22. What we don’t know is how much of that language is literal and how much symbolic; for it…
Acts 9, 32-43 B
When God Does Not Heal Introduction: Several years ago, a middle-aged woman stood up in a church service and gave her testimony as to how she had been afflicted with back pain during the preceding week. It interfered with her work and her sleep and made her life generally miserable. She made the problem a matter of prayer and the pain disappeared. The Lord had wonderfully healed her. In the same congregation another woman, a little younger, had been troubled for years with her back. As she…
2 Cor. 1:3-11
No Preferential Treatment Last Lord’s Day we launched a six-month study of the book of 2 Corinthians. I would encourage you to listen to that message if you happened to be out of town over the holidays. We provided lots of important background information for the book and talked about what we can expect to gain from this study. This morning I would like to review just a couple of important points made last Sunday. Second Corinthians is a very personal and emotional…
2 Cor. 4:13-5:10
Is Your Earth Suit Wearing Out? In case you have any doubt in your mind, the answer to the question in my sermon title this morning is, “Yes.” Our bodies begin to deteriorate the moment we’re born, and the rate of deterioration speeds up considerably as time goes on. Children and teens don’t notice it, of course, but the 30- and 40-something’s are already getting a taste of it, those in their fifties and sixties understand it quite well, and the geezers…