Sermons of Charles Stanley

His and David Jeremiah's.

Faith in Christ

Richard Strait

Andy Stanley would be great too

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Nathan Parker said:

It'd be great if the sermons of Charles Stanley (maybe the content from Dr. Stanley's "Life Principles Notes", I have them all in print where I could ship them to FaithLife if they ever decided to publish them) could be available in Logos Bible Software. I'd love to be able to search all of them.

abondservant said:

I HOPE this is just a one off where Andy said something that he himself disagrees with. 

This is a Baptist forum, for Baptist products.... Andy does not fall into this category. 

(As you mentioned, he has made many statements to cause more than just his Baptist upbringing to be called into question).

Keith Pang said:

Andy Stanley would be great too

Reference this review of A. Stanley's recent book: https://creation.com/stanley-irresistible-review 

bump.

I realize this is an old thread, but I felt compelled to share a few thoughts about the dramatic differences between Dr. Charles Stanley and his wayward son, Andy.

FYI, I cut my theological teeth on Charles Stanley's outstanding Bible teaching and consider him the wise Christian grandfather I never had. The Lord used, and is still using, his teaching to ground me in the essential doctrines of Christianity and the glorious Gospel (i.e., the only one that can save). If he were still on this earth, I can confidently say that there is NO WAY Dr. Stanley would condone what his son is now openly affirming and promoting. Their teaching, and not just their ministry approach or methodology, is completely *antithetical.* (In fact, to help make this point widespread, I'm giving serious thought to the idea of creating a series of YouTube videos highlighting the contradictory positions each man held on major biblical issues.) Dr. Stanley, in sharp contrast to Andy, was a faithful teacher and defender of the inerrancy and supreme authority of God's Word (both New AND Old Testaments, the latter of which Dr. Stanley absolutely loved) for 67 years. Accordingly, I'm convinced that God mercifully protected Dr. Stanley from discovering how egregiously bad his son's teaching had become before he went home to glory in April 2023 and heard, "Well done, My good and faithful servant."

In Andy's case, I believe we're seeing another tragic example of the age-old tale of a rebellious “PK” (Pastor’s Kid). For a relatively deep and thoughtful analysis of Andy's drift away from Scripture and biblical orthodoxy (i.e., "Where did he go wrong?"), I recommend watching the YouTube documentary "Who Is Andy Stanley? – The Making of a Minister" by "HonestYouthPastor."

My first thought when reading Dr. Al Mohler's article about the now notorious, apostate, LGBT-affirming "Unconditional Conference," which notably took place several months after Dr. Stanley passed away, was that Andy was waiting, possibly out of respect (or fear!), until his dad died before “coming out” (pardon the pun) with his *true* views on sexuality loudly and proudly. In my opinion, I believe that’s why Andy has been so ambiguous and evasive about this stuff over the years . . . until recently.

As such, I honestly believe that Dr. Stanley was blissfully unaware of the serious nature and extent of Andy’s unbiblical teachings during the last decade or so of his life, in part because Andy is a master equivocator/prevaricator. I've truthfully never heard anyone (including lawyers!) talk in circles as slickly as Andy Stanley does. Anyhow, had he been aware, there’s no way his father—a biblical bulldog!—would have failed to reach out to him and attempt to reprove him over these egregious errors, which now rise to the level of legitimate heresy, as Joe Dallas, Albert Mohler, Alan Shlemon (Stand to Reason), and others have so convincingly argued in their excellent responses to the reprehensible "Unconditional Conference."

As so many others have rightly stated, it’s almost beyond belief that the offspring of Charles Stanley could say/do such things as Andy has in recent years. Heartbreaking and tragic beyond words. Let us all pray for Andy and the many people he has misled and continues to mislead.

Moreover, may we all stand firm on the unchanging Truth of holy writ, come what may. Churches are compromising on these (and other) issues all over the West. I earnestly hope this fact, coupled with the chaotic nightmare circus of our current political and cultural situation, means Christ's return is upon us.

God bless,

Jeremy

For research purposes both can be good 👍 At least to quote straight from the horse’s mouth 😂