Sermons from November 2024
Isaiah 53
Jesus, The Suffering Servant SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was one of my last five sermons as pastor of First Free, St. Louis. Introduction: I have struggled a lot with what I should preach in my final five Sundays with you, concluding on February 1. Obviously, I cannot complete the journey through Matthew that we started a little over a year ago and which we interrupted at chapter 12 with the recent series on Marks of a Healthy Church. There’s not enough…
Isaiah 7, 9, 11, 61
The Advents of Messiah SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Over the past three months we have considered many of the narrative portions of Isaiah, plus some didactic passages, and even a parable from the pen of this great OT man of God. However, we have done virtually nothing with the prophetic portions of the book. And since most of the book was predictive prophecy when it was written, and much of it is still future today, it is important for us to rectify this…
Isaiah–The Coming Kingdom of God Part 1
The Coming Kingdom, Part 1 SCRIPTURE: Isaiah, various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This is the first sermon of a two-part series on the Kingdom of God, which is a topic broached throughout Isaiah and other prophetic books. Introduction: We are within a week of winding down an abbreviated exposition of the Book of Isaiah. What started out to be a year-long excursion through this monumental Old Testament treatise has turned out instead to be of less than four months’ duration (due to my…
Isaiah–The Coming Kingdom, Part 2
The Coming Kingdom, Part 2 SCRIPTURE: Isaiah, various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This is the second sermon of a two-part series on the Kingdom of God, which is a topic broached throughout Isaiah and other prophetic books. Introduction: Today I want to conclude a two-part message on the Coming Millennial Kingdom of Christ. The first thing we noted last Sunday is that the term “Kingdom” can be used in two very legitimate senses. We can speak of the Kingdom as the sovereign rule of…
Isaiah 40
SERIES: Our Great and Awesome God The Greatness and Smallness of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Dallas Theological Seminary DATE: October, 1996 There is no audio available from Mike’s sermon in Dallas. I have attached a sermon on the same scripture preached in Wichita just after Christmas in 2021. Thank you, Dr. Gangel, for that kind introduction. This is an honor I never expected to receive. Preaching at Dallas Seminary is like singing at the Met, playing tennis at Wimbledon, or skiing at Vail. I…
Joshua 24:19
SERIES: Our Great and Awesome God The Holiness and Jealousy of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Dallas Theological Seminary DATE: October, 1996 According to Genesis 1-3 God created man in His own image and likeness. According to twentieth century theology, however, it seems that man has created God in his image. The God of many people today is a God concocted from those characteristics man admires most. Thus one hears a great deal about God as a God of love, mercy, compassion, benevolence, grace, forgiveness, patience, and…
Job 38:11
SERIES: Our Great and Awesome God The Power and Providence of God SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Dallas Theological Seminary DATE: October, 1996 I wish to share with you today an experience that changed my life. It happened three years ago on the 20th of September, 1993. I was returning home one night from a prayer meeting for the victims of the terrible flood St. Louis was experiencing. I was about two miles from my home when a horse that had been spooked jumped over…