Sermons from May 2024
2 Timothy 1:8-18
SERIES: Entrusted with the Gospel The Fellowship of the Unashamed SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Last Lord’s Day Pastor Josh shared with us very poignantly about how he could relate to Timothy, the young protégée of the Apostle Paul to whom he addresses this powerful personal letter we know as 2 Timothy. Josh saw in Timothy’s background some of the same family of origins issues which he himself experienced, namely the absence of a godly father in the home. While Paul praises Timothy’s mother…
2 Timothy 2
A Shepherd’s Most Important Task: Feed the Flock SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was preached at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego in 2005. I was asked to speak at the installation of my dear friend Carlton Harris as Pastor. Introduction: When Carlton called and asked me to come and preach at his installation service, I told him I would pray about God’s will in the matter, hung up the phone, and immediately asked my wife to order some airline…
2 Timothy 3:1-15
Entrusted With the Gospel Religious Sinners in the Last Days SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: What is the greatest threat to the church of Jesus Christ in the last days? Is it secular humanism? Is it the new atheism? Is it the ACLU? Is it government efforts to limit religious freedom? Is it the movement that seeks to redefine marriage and the sexual mores that have been accepted in principle for 2000 years? All of these are, in my humble opinion, a threat to biblical Christianity, but not…
2 Timothy 3:16-17
SERIES: Entrusted With the Gospel Can the Bible Be Trusted? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I want to be very up-front with you this morning. I am one of those old-fashioned preachers who believes the Bible is free from error–not just in its lofty spiritual affirmations, but in everything it intends to teach. I have been studying the Bible almost full-time now for 50 years (I started Bible college in 1962), and I haven’t found an error in it yet. There are some issues I…
2 Timothy 4:6-18
SERIES: 2 Timothy Final Instructions for Paul’s Progeny SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon is both a conclusion to a series on the Book of Acts and an exposition of 2 Timothy 4:6-18. Introduction: I’ve enjoyed our study of Acts so much that this week I had withdrawal pains. So, I decided to preach a postscript to the Book today. We noted last Lord’s Day that Acts is an unfinished book and intentionally so, because every generation of the church has a chapter to…