Sermons on Heaven
Heaven and Hell?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Whatever Happened to Heaven and Hell? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I have chosen to preach for the next two months about heaven and hell. As you know, most of the time I preach through books of the Bible, and frankly I think that’s the best way to maintain a balanced diet–God chooses the topics for us and it’s amazing how often a topic comes up during a series just when we need it. Nevertheless, I believe…
A Place Like No Other
SERIES: Heaven and Hell A Place Like No Other SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I think I stirred up a few hornets’ nests last Sunday. Several of you talked to me this week and asked some hard questions. I’m going to try to deal with most of them during this series, but I want to say up front that I don’t pretend to have all the answers. I stated last week that the Bible speaks unambiguously and clearly about heaven and hell. And it does–about…
Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell? SCRIPTURE: Various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Two Sundays ago we asked, “Whatever Happened to Heaven and Hell?” Last Sunday the question was, “What Are Heaven and Hell Like?” Today I want us to focus on a third question, “Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell?” I think we are in for a few surprises. I want to begin by saying to you today that I believe there are going to…
Heaven for Those Who Cannot Believe?
SERIES: Heaven and Hell SERMON: Heaven for Those Who Cannot Believe? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: This Sunday and next I want to address two related and yet very different topics by means of two questions: “Heaven for those who cannot believe?” and “Hell for those who have never heard?” We can avoid the second question, and many of us do, simply by selfishly refusing to worry about the teeming millions who have never heard the Gospel. But we can hardly avoid the first,…
Here Comes the Judge!
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Here Comes the Judge! SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 3:10-15, 2 Cor. 5:1-10, et al SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: As we resume our series on heaven and hell this morning, I want us to wrestle with one of the toughest questions in Christian theology–and that is the issue of future judgment. To many in our pluralistic, tolerant, subjective, and relativistic culture, judgment seems crude, self-righteous, hateful, and proud. But that is only because such a society rejects the notion of moral…
The Divine Bookkeeper and the Great White Throne Judgment
SERIES: Heaven and Hell The Divine Bookkeeper and the Great White Throne Judgment SCRIPTURE: Revelation 20:11-15, et al SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The House prosecutors came to the Senate this week with 60,000 pages of evidentiary material which they believe justifies conviction of the President and removal from office. Most of this evidence has been pried from reluctant witnesses, and it involves just a dozen or so days in one man’s life. Some of it may be hearsay; some may be judged circumstantial. There…
One Minute After You Die
SERIES: Heaven and Hell One Minute After You Die SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Today we conclude a series we began three months ago on heaven and hell. We have by no means exhausted these topics, but my hope and prayer is that we have whetted your appetite to dig deeper. I would like to suggest a few good books for further study. First, I recommend One Minute After You Die, by Erwin W. Lutzer. Erwin was my big brother in seminary and is now Pastor of…
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…
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