In Sermon Illustrations: "Man Made Rules"

I've Made Mistakes All My Life. And If There's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I've made mistakes all my life. And if there's one thing that's helped me, it's the fact that when I make a mistake, I never stop to ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

He Has Half The Deed Done Who Has Made A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

He has half the deed done who has ...read more

Tags: Creation

Once You Get To Be Over 100 You Have It Made. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Once you get to be over 100 you have it made. You almost never hear of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

God Made The World Round So We Would Never Be ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

God made the world round so we would never be able to see ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

For Every Ring Made, Gold Mines Generate About 20 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

For every ring made, gold mines generate about 20 tons of ...read more

Tags: Weddings

I Have Two Rings One That Is Made Of Gold And I ...

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 1, 2009

I have two rings one that is made of Gold and I can guarantee that it is, it has 9 carat stamped inside it. I even meet the Jeweler that made it and it contains his makers symbol / the other is pretty cool it has a lions head on it and it looks like gold and has a number 2 stamped inside it came in ...read more

Tags: Principles

Denomination: Salvation Army

Poor Man's Philanthropist  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011

POOR MAN'S PHILANTHROPIST In 2005, when Thomas Cannon died of colon cancer in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, he was 79. Thomas described himself a "poor man's philanthropist." When Thomas was three years old, his father died. Once Thomas' mother remarried, the family of six lived in a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15, 2 Corinthians 9:15

Tags: Giving General

Richest Man In Town

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

RICHEST MAN IN TOWN In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned it to him. Farahat asked him why he didn’t just keep the watch. The garbage man said, "My Christ told me to be honest until ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Compassion For An Old Man

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2012

COMPASSION FOR AN OLD MAN It was a bitterly cold evening in Northern Virginia many years ago. The old man's beard was glazed by winter's frost as he waited for a ride across the river. He heard a brigade of men on horses coming around the bend. He let the first one pass him without any effort to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40, Luke 7:11-17

Tags: Compassion

Shemaiah, A Man Of God

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 21, 2020

Text: 1 Kings 12:22, KJV: But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 12:22-24

Tags: Man Of God, Men Of God, Shemaiah

Denomination: Baptist

Any Believer Can Be A "Man Of God”

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jul 7, 2020

Any believer can be a “man of God” Text: 2 Tim 3:17 That the man of God (any believer in Jesus!) may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. Thoughts: Only a few people were ever called a “man of God” in the Bible. Some were never known; at least four were never named, and one, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Tags: Paul, Man Of God, Timothy

Denomination: Baptist

The Old Man And The Gulls  PRO

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002

THE OLD MAN AND THE GULLS It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:11-18

Tags: Giving General, Thanksgiving Holiday, Joy

Denomination: Mennonite

No Man Needs A Vacation So Much As The Man Who ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 28, 2006

"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one" ...read more

Denomination: Orthodox

A Black Man And A White Man Were Driving Down ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2003

A black man and a white man were driving down the road, debating the topic of whether Jesus was black or white. On and on they went. Back and forth. "He was white" says the white guy, "because he was jewish, and the shroud confirms, that he was caucasian. "No he was black." says the black man. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:11

Tags: Racism

What A Man's Mind Can Create, Man's Character ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What a man's mind can create, man's ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Every Man Is Enthusiastic At Times. One Man Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes another man has it for thirty days, but it is the man who has ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

There Is A Great Man Who Makes Every Man Feel ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the really great man is the man ...read more

Tags: Greatness

Think Like A Man Of Action And Act Like A Man Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Think like a man of action and act like a ...read more

Tags: Thought

Thoughts, Like Fleas, Jump From Man To Man. But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Old Man And The Gulls

Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 6, 2007

The Old Man and the Gulls It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old ...read more

Denomination: Baptist