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Spiritual Warfare in the Church Introduction: I’d like to set the stage this morning with a story from 2 Kings 6. The prophet Elisha is in Dothan, where he has been regularly receiving information from God about the military movements of the Aramean or Syrian
The Love Connection: God’s Love and Ours Introduction: A strange story hit our newspapers about two weeks ago involving two ten-year-old girls and their parents. One of the girls, Arlena Twigg, had a congenital heart defect, and when the doctors ordered some g
Three Tests, Three Testimonies Introduction: Those of you who are avid basketball fans know what a triple double is. It occurs when a player gets ten or more points, ten or more rebounds, and ten or more assists in the same game. Some great basketball players
What Do You Know for Sure? Introduction: What do you know for sure? I ask that question a lot as a variation on “How’s it goin’?” or “How you doin’?” The answer I get most often is, “Nothin’ much.” I suspect if I had asked Ben Franklin, “What do you know for s
Back to the Basics Introduction: The world’s greatest evangelist of all time was on his second of three great missionary journeys, planting churches around Greece and Turkey, when he first visited the city of Corinth. He had just come from Athens, about 50 mil
Contentious Christians Introduction: The old proverb says, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play.” The meaning of that proverb is, of course, that when people find themselves without proper supervision, they often conduct themselves without proper decorum.
The Power Behind the Powerless Note: On September 17, 2000, Dr. Jerram Barrs from Covenant Theological Seminary preached at First Free St. Louis on “The Wisdom of God,” from 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. This was a powerful message, but we do not have available a wri
The Scandal of the Cross SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Lewis Sperry Chafer once wrote, “The Bible is not a Book that man would write if he could or could write if he would.” I think a similar statement could be made of the entire Christian faith. It
What Do You Know for Sure? Introduction: Can we know anything for sure? Most religious people would respond, “Sure, we can know God exists.” In fact, a recent poll showed that 74% of Americans strongly agreed that “there is only one true God, who is holy and p
Four Kinds of People: Which One Are You? Introduction: What is the question you were most often asked as a child? Next to “How old are you?” it was probably, “What are you going to be when you grow up?” Most of us had visions of a glamorous career as a fireman
Building the Church Introduction: Did you know that the manner in which you serve in God’s church will determine how you spend eternity? Now some of you are probably saying to yourselves, “Did I hear him right? Is this Pastor Andrus, who has always preached sa
Destroying the Church Introduction: I have always been fascinated by ancient ruins. Especially intriguing are the temples that archeologists have unearthed and preserved for posterity. There is the great Acropolis in Athens, the Temple of Aphrodite in Corinth,