Sermons on Rejection
1 Samuel 8
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times How to Handle Rejection SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Rejection. Is there anything in all of life that is harder to handle than rejection? I don’t know about you, but I have experienced a profound sense of rejection several times in my life. Once was in Little League. I remember it well, because my dad was there–a rare treat because he had two full-time jobs–one as a pastor and another as a Bible College administrator. I was playing right field (you…
Exodus 4:18-6:12
A Long Obedience SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Friedrich Nietzsche was not the kind of philosopher with whom Christians find much in common, but even radical unbelievers sometimes have good things to say. In his book, Beyond Good and Evil he wrote, “The essential thing in heaven and earth is that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.” Eugene H. Peterson borrowed Nietzsche’s phrase for…
Luke 4:14-44
A Prophet Without Honor Have you ever thought that if only Jesus were alive today, and you had the opportunity to hear him preach and to see his awesome miracles, your faith would be much stronger? I suppose it’s natural to think like that, but it’s probably not true. Faith, you see, is not generated by sight. Rather it consists of the simple recognition that God keeps his Word and is totally reliable. There is very clear evidence in Scripture that most great people…