Sermons on Loneliness
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…
Luke 12:13-21
The Rich Fool Last Fall we examined a very strange parable from the mouth of Jesus as found in Luke 16:1-9–the story of a man who used his money to buy friends. While the man himself was a scoundrel, Jesus presents him as a positive example of what Christians should do in one area of their lives–invest their money in friends. The particular kind of friends Jesus is concerned about are those who will welcome us into Heaven, i.e., people who have become…