Sermons on Temptatiion
Ephesians 3:14-21
Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ Why Be An Ordinary Christian? Speaker: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great English Baptist preacher of a century ago, said, “There is a point in the experience of the committed Christian which is as much above the experience of the ordinary Christian as the experience of the ordinary Christian is above the experience of the man who is not a Christian at all.” Think about that for a moment. Chances are your initial reaction…
Ephesians 6:10ff, Part 1
Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ Know Your Enemy SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note to reader: These sermons on Ephesians are not my typical verse-by-verse exposition. Most were preached in 1990 in a series on “Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Freedom in Christ.” I used Ephesians as a springboard for this series but referred to many other passages as well. Some of the sermons in the series are stand-alone messages preached at various times and various places. The early sermons from 30-35 years ago are not…
1 Cor. 6:18, Genesis 39
Epitaph of a man of God: “He fled.” SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 6:18, Genesis 39 Introduction: I groped sleepily for the phone, wondering why the hospital would be calling my husband Bob back to work when he had just returned at midnight from a 36-hour shift. “Aunt Ann,” my teen-age niece sobbed hysterically into the phone, “tell Uncle Bob to come right now. Daddy has hung himself–and I can’t get him down.” “Oh, no! Hold on, honey–he’ll be there in five minutes.” Bob…
Hebrews 4:14-5:10
One Greater than Aaron: A Priest Who Never Disappoints We began this series on Hebrews with a message whose theme was really, “Jesus is greater than the OT prophets.” The next theme was “Jesus is greater than the angels.” The next sermon was “Jesus is greater than Moses.” The following one could have been entitled, “Jesus is greater than Joshua.” And today I want us to consider that “Jesus is greater than Aaron.” What the author of Hebrews is doing is carrying on a series of…