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SERIES: David: A Person After God’s Heart Letting God Be God When Facing Injustice SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Think back to the last time you were treated unfairly or suffered unjustly. Maybe it was a long time ago; more likely, it happened just
SERIES: David: A Person After God’s Heart David’s Greatest Sin SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I regret that my sermon this morning is not a Mother’s Day sermon, but I also remind you that this is not a biblical holiday (though respect for mothers is
SERIES: David: A Person After God’s Heart Finishing Strong SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Just about a year ago we began our study of 1 & 2 Samuel. Today we come to the conclusion of the life of David, a man after God’s own heart. There is a great te
SERIES: The Book of Job Man of Perseverance, Man of Piety SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Have you heard of the perseverance of Job? The Apostle James assumes you have, for in the last chapter of his NT epistle he is recounting the blessings that come
SERIES: The Book of Job God in the Dock SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The Court of Heaven has just been called to order. The Judge sits on His throne and listens as His various messengers and assistants report on their recent activities. Suddenly an
SERIES: The Book of Job How to Comfort a Broken Heart SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Most people are not known for their compassion and caring these days. In Stockholm Sweden last year a woman sat for two months on her balcony from about the first of
SERIES: The Book of Job Round One of the Garbage Dump Debate SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: A Junior High School teacher was showing her class through an art museum. As they passed from gallery to gallery, she enthusiastically extolled the abilities
SERIES: The Book of Job Round Two of the Garbage Dump Debate: What About the Prosperity of the Wicked? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note to David: Check to see how the two parallel lists halfway through this sermon come out with the formatting. Introduction: Two
SERIES: The Book of Job Round 3 of the Garbage Dumb Debate: The Pursuit of Personal Holiness SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Some 4,000 years ago a debate was held on an ash heap outside a town named Uz, somewhere in the Fertile Crescent. The detailed
SERIES: The Book of Job The Quest for Wisdom SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction to Scripture reading: I am a spelunker at heart. Nothing causes the adrenalin in my body to flow like a cave. I guess it all began when I was about 9. We were visiting the Mar
SERIES: The Book of Job Pain is God’s Megaphone SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The Great Debate between the Patriarch Job and his three counselors is over. They have argued fiercely over the cause of the terrible suffering of this man of God. We, the
SERIES: The Book of Job When Theology Goes to Seed SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: What is God like? An ancient legend tells us that the richest man in the world, Croesus, once asked the wisest man in the world, Thales, “What is God?” The philosopher