P. Andrew Sandlin's Podcasts, Preaching, And Lectures

Every generation historically claims it lives in unprecedented times, but certain aspects of our times are in fact objectively unprecedented, and they are unprecedentedly evil as a result of one great philosophical twist and one great ecclesial heresy. The Christian calling is to overturn these ideational errors, restore the Faith, and take back the West for Jesus Christ.

Western civilization and its multitudinous blessings are unthinkable apart from Christendom. As the West abandons Christianity, it cuts itself off from the societal lifeblood that makes it possible. It’s a form of cultural suicide. 

God’s grace is not individualistically soteriological. He saves only those who trust in His Son, but His grace is so powerful and pervasive that it gradually transforms all of culture and life. We must be Genesis 1-2 Christians, not Genesis 3 Christians. 

The ontic Trinity is not a hierarchy, and the Holy Spirit is every bit as great as the Father and Son. Subordinating his greatness is both heretical and blasphemous. 

Positing good works as a means of justification is apostate moralism. Refusing to posit good works as an inescapable fruit of justification is apostate antinomianism. 

Forgiveness rarely restores us to the previous glory, and nothing short of a white-hot devotion to Jesus Christ will suffice to protect us from evil. 

The oldest, most pernicious, and most persistent Christian heresy has now become the underlying heresy of our culture. Expressive individualism, same-sex “marriage,” “transgenderism,” and Cultural Marxism are all deeply Gnostic.

Why is the church great? Because it is (1) the custodian of orthodoxy, (2) the community of memory, (3) God’s prized possession, and (4) God’s agency for victory in history.

The old, classical Marxism was about coercive  economic equality. The new cultural Marxism is about coercive (un)ethical equality. And Critical Race Theory is about coercive racial inequality, a new form of dangerous racism.

The failure of today’s church is principally a failure of leadership. The cure: mighty men of God, bold, sacrificial, devout, exemplary, Bible-drenched, prayer-addicted, church-loving. 

The Marxist gospel is good news to lazy, irresponsible, envious rebels. It must be demolished by the biblical Gospel.

The modern conservative church has been plagued by pessimistic, unbelieving, and anorexic eschatology. The biblical hope of a glorious future on the earth should animate all we do.

Jesus Christ is great for many, many reasons. Here are two of them: he is the mediator of creation, and exercises his Lordship over all the cosmos. Second, he loves righteousness and hates lawlessness.This is the Lord that we serve, and his greatness in these matters and all others is incomparable.

The Bible does not so much hold up prayer as great, but answered prayer. The failure of church and Christianity in culture, and the failures of our lives, are largely due to our lack of bold, uncompromising, fervent prayer based on the promises of the Word of God.

The extent to which Western civilization has been great is the extent to which it is been Christian. In abandoning Christianity, we are abandoning our greatness. Our only hope is a restoration of Christianity, not merely as an individual existential experience, but also, and more fully, as a great cultural force.

A major design of the gospel of Jesus Christ is to create an antithesis between righteousness and unrighteousness and to disestablish wickedness in the world.

There is no teaching of the word of God more important than God’s love — several as important as, but none more important than.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central truth of the Christian Faith, and it is the heart of biblical hope and eschatology.

God is a God of rules. This truth should bring us great comfort. If it annoys us, and if we think it undermines God’s grace, we are severely mistaken. Gods grace depends on his rules.

Several decades ago a Canadian schoolteacher Everett Storms read the Bible through 27 times specifically counting God’s promises. The number he came up with is 7,487. We might dis‐ pute that number, but of this there must be no doubt: you can find thousands of God’s promises in the Bible. If you read nothing but divine promises in the Bible, you would be occupied for a very long time. If you removed the promises from the Bible, you would no longer have a Bible.