Sermons on Man Made Rules:

Man Of Sorrows

Contributed by Mike Turner on Jan 2, 2012

When reading Isaiah 53 one could almost believe that Isaiah the prophet lived during the days of Jesus and was at the cross when he died. However these words were written approximatly 700 years before Jesus. This sermons deals with Isaiah's description

MAN OF SORROWS Text: Isaiah 53 This amazing passage of scripture was written some 700 years before Christ. Yet it captures more so than any other scripture the reason why Jesus came and why he died on the cross. The details that the prophet gives concerning the pain and suffering of Jesus could ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

12 The Man Series

Contributed by Michael Collins on Oct 9, 2020

This is the 12th of 31 Devotions from a series called, 'The Church Called Jonah.' These devotions are based on the book of Jonah where I'm making a comparison between Jonah and The Church of today.

Jonah 1:9 - So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” “So he said to them…” Since Jonah had been both awoken from sleep and had been identified as the man who was behind the tempest they were facing, and since he was asked ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Behold The Man

Contributed by Michael Reeves on Aug 19, 2002

Pilate’s statement before the crowd reminds us of the great truths involved in the doctrine of the Son of Man.

“Behold The Man!” John 19:4,5 Introduction: This world has had many examples of men that others have looked to as the epitome of perfect manhood. History is full of examples of men that people looked up to, followed, and wanted to imitate because of their manliness. In our time with the ...read more

Scripture: John 19:4-5

Denomination: Baptist

You Are The Man Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 30, 2023

After David's sin with Bathsheba his family fell apart. What can we learn from his experience that can make us better parents as well as better servants of a mighty God?

In 2013, a 19 year old Austrian skier named Teresa Stadlober became the 1st Austrian skier to take the gold and silver medals in the Junior Skiathlon (in the Czech Republic).Ever since that time she’d been training for the Olympics, and in 2018 (at the age of 25) she was at the Olympic Winter ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Man At The Pool

Contributed by Colin Coombs on Jun 10, 2007

Here is a wonderful example of the need of man, and the seeking saviour comming to his aid. Beware, there will be opposition, but responding brings blessing.

THE MAN AT THE POOL John 5:1-18 This third of the miracles recorded in John’s Gospel finds a place there, as it would appear, . . . because it is the occasion for that great utterance of our Lord about His Sonship and His divine working as the Father also works, which occupies the whole of the ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Inability Of Man

Contributed by Thomas Lanthrip on Sep 20, 2006

This message deals with the nature of mans sin and his bondage to it and the free work of grace in the heart of the sinner. That grace sets the heart free to accept the gospel of Christ.

The Inability of man And The Provisionary work of Christ “Depravity” Totally and Radically Psalms 14:1-7 I. Man’s Inability as governed by Adam’s disobedience (V. 1) Romans 5:12 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 14:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

The Happy Man

Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Sep 3, 2007

David knew the secret of happiness and he shares it with us..

The Happy Man by Gerald Van Horn Psalms 34:8 and 22 David wrote this Psalm many years ago. He was in very difficult circumstances and yet found a source of happiness. There is a lot of Christians who feel that to be a child of God means unhappiness. That is not true. God wants His people to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8-22

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Changed Man

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jan 20, 2003

Change is not the devil...in fact God is into "new".

January 19, 2003 1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, ?waiting ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-16

Denomination: United Methodist

The Strength Of A Man

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Dec 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela, a man of strength in the fight for freedom that dealt with poverty and disparagement in South Africa which resonated to the lands of the peoples of the world.

The Strength Of A Man by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (12/6/2013) “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report” (Hebrews 11:1-2, King James Version [Faith in the fathers of old]). Greetings in ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-40

Denomination: Friends

As A Man Of God

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jun 24, 2010

When wework forGod.

AS A MAN OF GOD 1. WE ARE DISPENSERS OF THE TRUTH 1ST COR. 3:1-2 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Lord Hears The Prayer Of The Righteous! Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Oct 5, 2019

The righteous man is the one who listen to God, who fear God and who do not practices his own righteousness but he lives according to the Scriptures and Gods ways .

The righteous man is the one who listen to God, who fear God and who do not practices his own righteousness but he lives according to the Scriptures and Gods ways .He makes a great relationship with God as his top priority. Gods word says that eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:15-16, 1 Peter 3:12

The Fall Of Man Series

Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Jan 11, 2010

What can lead to your fall from grace

THE FALL OF MAN Genesis 3 :1-10 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Seventh Man

Contributed by Gerald Manning on Oct 26, 2010

This is a fresh look at the story of the woman at the well in Sychar, Samaria.

THE SEVENTH MAN (John 4) Today, I want to tell you a story that is true, although some of the incidents and facts have been lost to history, and I have taken literary license in reconstructing a few of the events. Literary license essentially means that I have just made some of them up, like I ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-30

Denomination: Nazarene

The Stronger Man

Contributed by Michael Blitz on Mar 7, 2026

In Luke 11, Jesus casts out a demon and reveals a deeper truth about the spiritual battle taking place in the world. Some accuse Him of working by the power of evil, while others demand more signs before they will believe.

Good MORNING. Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to see Jesus in person? We sometimes imagine that if we could travel back in time, everyone around him would be filled with awe, listening carefully to every word and celebrating every miracle. But the Gospels show us something very ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:14-28

Denomination: Anglican

Blessed Is The Man

Contributed by Lee Henry on Jul 14, 2006

The Psalmist describes the character and behavior of a person who is blessed by God.

Blessed is the Man Psalm 1 I. A man is blessed when he does not (vs. 1) A. Listen to the counsel of the wicked. 1. Character of the wicked. (Ps. 10:7-11) 2. Nature of their counsel. a. Unreliable (Ps. 5:9) b. Unwise (Ps. 36:3) B. Walk with the sinners (Wicked) 1. They ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ