Sermons on Human Imperfection:

Identity Unity Of The New Humanity

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Feb 27, 2009

You identity will determine your activity. Your identity will also determine you destiny. If we as the church find our identity in Christ we will be united as the new creation.

Intro: For the past five weeks we have talked about our identity. Your identity will determine your destiny. If you are a child of wrath you will spend this life and the next without God. If you are in Christ you will spend this life fulfilled. If you are dead in your trespasses, purposeful ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Baptist

To Err Is Human. To Forgive Is Crazy! Series

Contributed by David Smith on Nov 18, 2008

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. (Matthew 18:21-22)

Jesus said, “the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.” And he found a guy who owed him 50 billion dollars! Now that’s a round figure of course. I may be a few dollars out. The original text says the man owed him ten thousand talents, which is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

When God Joined Humanity Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Dec 16, 2008

When the Word became Flesh there were some incredible results.

WHEN GOD JOINED HUMANITY Christmas is a time for receiving. Yes, that’s right; we do enjoy getting gifts at Christmas time. Even if we buy our own gifts it is a chance to indulge ourselves and buy ourselves what we really wanted. It’s also great to get a gift from someone who really knows you and ...read more

Scripture: John 1:10-14

Denomination: Mennonite

The Sovereignty Of God And Human Responsibility

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 18, 2014

There is no pleasing some people. If they make up their minds not to put their trust in Jesus, any excuse will suffice to prevent commitment.

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY. Matthew 11:16-30. A) The children were out playing on the streets. ‘Let’s play weddings,’ suggested the girls: but the boys would not. ‘Let’s play funerals,’ countered the boys: but the girls would not. A preacher came, austere in his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:16-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Approval Of Human Beings Or God Series

Contributed by Bill Walker on Jul 10, 2017

Galatians is all about grace and is the antidote to legalism. For Paul, it was about Christ crucified and his becoming a slave to Christ and not the Law.

APROVAL OF HUMAN BEINGS OR GOD Galatians 1 I once attended a worship event and before the speaker took the stage a choral group was singing. I was to lead a prayer before the speaker began, so I was silently worshipping and reflecting on my words for the prayer. As the choral group sang a very ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:1-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It’s Ok To Be Human

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017

Message deals with the struggles Christians experience with their own failures and the condemnation the Accuser often brings. This sermon helps believers be realistic about their journey of faith and the power of God's grace in their lives.

Rom. 3:23 10/2/16 I want to begin this morning by reading a familiar verse, Romans 3:23, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”i There are two verbs in that phrase and this translation accurately translates the tense. The first verb is in the past tense.ii In the past you have ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23, Romans 7:1-25, Philippians 3:12-14, Romans 8:1-5, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 1 Peter 4:12, 1 John 3:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

The Beginning Of The End Of Human History Series

Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 16, 2018

We live in interesting times. It seems that if we don't live in the time of the Four Horsemen, that time will, surely, be soon.

CHAPTER 6 v. 1. I saw as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four Living Ones saying with a huge voice “Come and see”, and I saw a white horse, and the one riding upon it had a bow, and he was given strength, and he went having victory and to be victorious. v. 3. And ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-8

Denomination: *other

Solving The Fundamental Human Problem Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 31, 2018

The fundamental problem of humanity never hits the headlines, never comes as a blast e-mail to our computers. But we know what it is.

Psalm 51 What is the fundamental human problem? We can’t get the answer from commentators or the mainstream media, or even most of the alternate media. The fundamental human problem is not poverty, or migration, or nuclear weapons or climate change. Those may be difficulties that rise to the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23

Denomination: Catholic

How To Be Real In Human Relationships Series

Contributed by George Bannister on Sep 1, 2018

Sermon on James 2:1-26

Series Title: Being Real an Automated World How to be Real in Human Relationships James 2:1 – 26 1 My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? 2 For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

Is It Ok To Have Human Heroes?

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 14, 2019

Paul tells us to pay attention to godly examples in Christian living

3.17.19 Philippians 3:17–4:1 17 Brothers, join together in imitating me and in paying attention to those who are walking according to the pattern we gave you. 18 To be sure, many walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. I told you about them often, and now I am saying it while weeping. 19 ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Faith, Filth And The Human Heart

Contributed by Craig Condon on Apr 14, 2015

The marginal people storm into the church, insisting that the church should live up to the pattern offered by Jesus. They rock the boat, and in so doing they force the church to remember its reason for being.

There is a story of a group of the very pious who are waiting in heaven for judgment. As they are waiting and complaining about the wait, they begin to see some of the “sinners” they knew on earth coming into the waiting room: a corrupt politician, an itinerant woman who had been ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:10-28

Denomination: Anglican

The Black Hole In A Human Heart!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 24, 2018

Consider each human heart has a black hole, a place of emptiness, fear and loneliness. Man tries to fill this void with materialism and pleasure. Only God!

THE BLACK HOLE IN A PERSON’S HEART? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com BLACK HOLE: an invisible area in outer space with gravity so strong that light cannot get out. EMPTINESS, VOID, BLANK DO WE HAVE A BLACK HOLE WHERE ARE HEARTS SHOULD BE? ARE WE SPIRITUALLY EMPTY BECAUSE WE ARE ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:13, Matthew 6:33-34, Romans 1:22-25, Matthew 25:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Our Sinful, Human Nature

Contributed by Craig Condon on Jun 6, 2015

If we love God, we will truly love the things we ought to love and we'll find some other way of expressing our appreciation for the material things we have.

The passage from Hosea 11:1-10 is a story of God mourning over his people. He loved Israel like a parent loves a child, but Israel spurned him. Even though he was rejected, God still loved Israel and could not renounce his chosen people. It is a metaphor for what Jesus did. Jesus was rejected by ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 11:1-10

Denomination: Anglican

God Values Human Life Series

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Sep 11, 2021

This message addresses the topic of abortion by looking at two key passages that reveal how God cherishes human life even before conception in the womb. It was written for "Sanctity of Life Sunday" back in 2003.

On National Sanctity of Life Day in 2002, President George W. Bush made “A Proclamation.” Based on our country’s Declaration of Independence, he declared that Sanctity of Life is the belief “that every human being is endowed by our Creator with certain ‘unalienable rights’.”(1) He said that the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

New Exodus And Human Tears

Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jul 13, 2020

Reflection is on human exodus that happened during this pandemic, COVID-19.

Reflection New Exodus and Human Tears Exodus 3:1-12 We are aware of the Exodus experience of Israelite. We come across that there are so many exodus experiences of people in their life. Moses was sent to rescue the suffering and oppressed. We, as Christians, are called to be prophets of ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-12

Denomination: Other