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Using Freedom Rightly SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 10:23-11:1 Introduction: You know friends, I really look forward to our times together here at First Free. Sunday is the high point of my week. But it hasn’t always been. It wasn’t my favorite time when I was growing up.
The Gender Minefield: Male/Female Roles in the Home and Church SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 11:2-16 Note: This sermon was preached long before the gender controversy of the 2020’s. “Gender” here is being used as synonymous with “sex,” that is, male/female. A sermon entit
In Remembrance of Me TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Note: This sermon was an extended Communion meditation. Introduction: The tiny town of Nerstrand, Minnesota lies fifteen miles east of Faribault and ten mil
Body Building: An Introduction to Spiritual Gifts SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 12:1-13 Introduction: There’s a body building craze going on in the U.S. today. Health clubs are being franchised all over the country and body-building contests are a thriving business. Women
My Gift … to Serve! Introduction to Spiritual Gifts SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 Note: This sermon was preached by Jerry Rich, Associate Pastor at First Evangelical Free Church in St. Louis. Introduction: You know, when I turned the calendar page over on T
A Body Has No Spare Parts SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Introduction: On a cold November day it is sometimes therapeutic to sit by a fire and assemble a jigsaw puzzle. This morning I would like to ask you to imagine a large puzzle, say, one with 3,000 piec
Have You Considered Joining the Priesthood? SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 12:7-11, 27-31 Introduction: On the way to the office on Tuesday I heard a radio interview with the new head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Wilton D. Gregory, of Belleville, th
What Is Greater than the Greatest of Spiritual Gifts? SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 13:1-4 Introduction: Have you ever seen the movie, “Brian’s Song”? It’s actually on ABC tonight. It’s the touching story of the unlikely friendship between Gayle Sayers and Brian Piccolo.
Love Never Fails SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 13:5-13 Introduction: Have you ever stood before an exquisite painting or sculpture and felt as if you were gazing into the very soul of an artist? One of the joys of my life has been visiting some of the great art galleries
The Gift of Tongues: Better in Private than in Public SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 14:1-19 Introduction: Today we come to the most controversial and difficult section of 1 Corinthians—chapter 14. The dominant topic of this chapter is the use and abuse of the spiritual gi
The Gift of Tongues: Restricted in Public SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 14:20-40 Introduction: Last Lord’s Day we opened a dialogue on the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues and the companion gift of interpretation of tongues. We did this because we are in the p
TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE What Difference Does It Make? SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 15:1‑11 Introduction: Yesterday we received a letter from some close college friends of ours who spent three terms as missionaries to France. Diane w