710 sermons preached by Michael Andrus.
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 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
SERIES: Heaven and Hell A Place Like No Other SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: I think I stirred up a few hornets’ nests last Sunday. Several of you talked to me this week and asked some hard questions. I’m going to try to deal with most of them during
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Who Are the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell? SCRIPTURE: Various SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: Two Sundays ago we asked, “Whatever Happened to Heaven and Hell?” Last Sunday the question was, “What Are Heaven and Hell Like?” Tod
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Hell for Those Who Have Never Heard? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Acts 8, Acts 10, et al Introduction: Last Sunday’s message engendered a lot of response, most of it encouraging, but some of it challenging. One question several of you ask
SERIES: Heaven and Hell What Will We Be Doing in Eternity? SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: This is Advent season, and when people come to church the Sunday before Christmas, they generally expect to hear a Christmas sermon. Our current series on heave
SERIES: Heaven and Hell Here Comes the Judge! SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 3:10-15, 2 Cor. 5:1-10, et al SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: As we resume our series on heaven and hell this morning, I want us to wrestle with one of the toughest questions in Christian