Sermons from April 2026
1 Chronicles 28-29
The Joy of Building, Part 1 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: As I have rubbed shoulders with pastors in the Evangelical Free Church over the past 22 years, I have noticed one thing that is almost universal. Almost every pastor dreads a major building project. The reasons offered are varied but somewhat related: “I’m inadequate to the task of fund-raising,” or “A building project takes so much extra work that by the time it’s finished, I’m too burned out to enjoy it,”…
1 Chronicles 28-29
The Joy of Building, Part 2 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Last Lord’s Day I spoke to you from 1 Chronicles 28 and 29 on the subject, “The Joy of Building a House of God.” In this great passage we find King David eagerly desiring to build a great temple for God, but God said “no.” David was a man of war and God would not allow him to build the temple, but he would allow David’s son Solomon to do so. If…
1 Chronicles 29:26-30, Acts 13:13-22
SERIES: A Person After God’s Heart Post-Mortem on a Man After God’s Heart SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Let me tell you about two people I know. I have disguised the details just enough to make sure no one could guess who I’m talking about. Most of you would not know these individuals anyway. The first is the pastor of a large evangelical church who got sexually involved with a teenage girl. The other is a Christian mother of three, married 19 years, always…
2 John
Truth and Love: They Go Together Like Hand in Glove SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Beacon Church in Goddard, KS. Introduction: It’s good to be back with you this morning. I gave Pastor Eric a list of possible passages for these two weeks he has asked me to fill in while he and his family are on vacation. Among the list I gave him were what I call the NT Postcards, the one-chapter books of the New Testament, of which there are four—Philemon, 2 and…
3 John
Three Men and a Church TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus PLACE: Beacon Church in Goddard, KS. Introduction: Good to be back again this morning! You’ve undoubtedly seen the sign on a moving van somewhere around Wichita, “Two Men and a Truck.” I decided to adapt their name for my sermon title today, because “Three Men and a Church” is quite descriptive of what we find in the NT postcard known as Third John. I call the…