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SERIES: Ten Stupid Things People Do to Mess Up Their Lives The God of the Ten Commandments: Our Awesome Friend SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Dostoevsky, the existential literary genius, was absolutely right when he wrote, “Without God, everything is
SERIES: Ten Stupid Things People Do to Mess Up Their Lives A Heart Not Satisfied SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Have you had a good argument with God lately? Maybe you think the question is impertinent and out of order, but the fact is, many great bi
SERIES: Exodus: Revelation and Redemption The Rest of the Law SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was preached at First Free in Wichita within a series on Exodus. It followed a single sermon by Josh Black on the Ten Commandments and speaks to the plac
SERIES: Great Church Fights Understanding Conflict SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: A father heard a commotion in his yard and looked outside to see his daughter and several playmates in a heated quarrel. When he reprimanded her, his daughter responded
SERIES: Great Church Fights Divisive Politics in the Church SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: The old proverb says, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play.” The meaning, of course, is that when people find themselves without proper supervision, they o
SERIES: Great Church Fights Heavyweight Bout Over Doctrine and Practice SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Two weeks ago, we learned that there are three major kinds of conflict in the church: positive, negative, and neutral. Then last Sunday we examined
SERIES: Great Church Fights When Personality and Perspective Clash SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Is there anyone here this morning who likes everyone you work with, everyone at school, and everyone in your neighborhood? I didn’t think so. If anyone
SERIES: Great Church Fights Operation Intimidation: Dealing with the Hard-Core Antagonist SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: A stunning article appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch several years ago, following up on the story of 15-year-old Kip Kinkel
SERIES: Great Church Fights When Pastor and Parishioner Clash SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I’m not sure there’s any more conflict in the average church than in the average business or political party or social organization, but it certainly gets mo
SERIES: Great Church Fights Are We Willing to Become a Peacemaking Church? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: For the past two and a half months we have been studying conflict and peacemaking here at First Free. We have examined negative conflicts, posit
Reformation Day, 1999 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Today is a holiday for many Americans, but it is a Holy Day for Christians. This is Reformation Day, the 482nd anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. On October 31, 1517, a 34-year-old monk named Martin Luth
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Whatever Happened to Heaven and Hell? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I have chosen to preach for the next two months about heaven and hell. As you know, most of the time I preach through books of the Bible, and frankly I think