14 sermons from 1 Samuel.
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times The Difference a Godly Home Makes SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: It’s good to be back with you this morning after fulfilling a life-long dream of visiting Egypt. Several previous attempts to go there had been scuttled
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times A Boy Named Ichabod, A Stone Named Ebenezer SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus DATE: May 23, 2004 Introduction: Have you ever met a boy named Ichabod? I doubt it. The fictional character, Ichabod Crane, in Washington Irving’s The Legen
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
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times The Difference Integrity Makes SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: 1 Samuel is a book about leadership, both positive and negative, among God’s people. We began in chapter 1 by observing the difference a godly home makes i
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times When a Leader Misuses His Authority SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: We are in the middle of a trilogy of sermons on the failed leadership of Saul, the first king of Israel, as we set the stage for his successor David,
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times Partial Obedience Is Disobedience SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 15 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Let me paint a little word picture for you that will be readily identifiable to anyone with a toddler at home. “It’s almost suppe
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times The Difference Stature Makes SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Last week I saw a major news article on television on the startling increase in the use of growth hormones by ordinary Americans. Previously extremely expens
Jealousy, the Jaundice of the Soul SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: In our study of the OT book of 1 Samuel, we have discovered that Saul, the tall, brave, and charismatic first king of Israel, has been sliding down the slippery slope of spiritual defe
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times Every Leader Needs a Friend SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I used to play a little game with my son Andy when he was just a toddler. I would set him on my lap and ask, “Andy, who’s your best friend in the whole world?
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times The Wilderness: A Difficult but Wonderful Place SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I have a strange fascination with the wilderness–whether you’re talking about the rainforest of Brazil or the barren mountains of Sinai or
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times Vengeance is Mine SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 24, 26 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Revenge has been called life’s most subtle temptation. It’s also one of life’s most frequent temptations. It’s subtle because we are never te
SERIES: Leadership in Hard Times How to Lead When You’re Not the Leader SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus For the past three or four months we have been devoting our Sunday morning Bible study time to the OT historical book of 1 Samuel. I entitled this series, “Leade