Sermons on The Old Man:

Believing To See Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 3, 2001

If faith is so critical to God... why did He make and fulfill a promise to a man who doubted the message of an angel?

OPENING: "The Floating Ball" from "Heno Head’s Simple Science Object Talks." Take a hairdryer and two ping pong balls. (Since we have a video projector and a long worship hall, we focused a camera on the demonstration and ran the image thru the projector onto the wall). Turn on the hairdryer and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Living Stone" 1 Peter 2:4-10 Series

Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Feb 27, 2015

Jesus said that a wise man will build upon the "rock" for solid foundation and the foolish man would build upon the "sand" and the foolish man house would not stand. We as "living stones" must build upon "Rock" for our spiritual house to stand.

Introduction: Peter use the text from Psalm 34:8 as he writes to the Christian "you have tasted that the Lords is gracious" in the previous verse (2:3). Then Peter states that we have tasted the milk of Word as he refers to Jesus Christ. After believers have purged their lives from the unwholesome ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Denomination: Baptist

What To Do With What You Have Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 8, 2003

Jacob: Wrestling With God and Man, Pt. 1

JACOB: WRESTLING WITH GOD AND MAN Jacob was a clever and crafty, colorful, calculative and complex character. Jacob is not our model, neither are his methods and marriages. In his quest for greatness, his motivation was indefensible, his mistakes were glaring and his misery dogged him. However, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Confronting Friends (Job 32)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 1, 2026

Can a young man be wiser than older friends?

Can a young man speak a little bit closer to the truth than Job’s older friends? Let’s look at Job 32. Was Job righteous in his own eyes, and did he justify himself rather than God? Did his friends condemn him though they found no answer? So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Curse Of The Law Does Not Lead To Salvation

Contributed by Craig Condon on May 7, 2015

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the start of a new age. It points to the future, and it also points to courage, strength and power that we need to live as Christians in our sin-filled world.

In the reading we heard from Galatians 3:1-14 a few minutes ago, the apostle Paul is chastising the Galatians in love for wandering away from the truth of God’s Word. He calls them foolish (or having a lack of wisdom) for living by the world’s rules instead of living by God’s ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:1-14

Denomination: Anglican

Too Late

Contributed by Joseph Marshall on Aug 25, 2002

The rich man in hell did everything that the poor man did on earth; however he did them simply TOO LATE!

Introduction: As we look at this story in the Bible, we must realize that it is an aweful yet true story. It is aweful because one man had so much suffering in this life and the other man had so much suffering in the next life. It is aweful because one man ended up in hell. We know this story ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

Five Illustrations To Understand God's Way Of Thinking

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Nov 3, 2002

This sermon is about understanding God’s principles and values which are often very different from the man’s principles and values.

FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S WAY OF THINKING OUTLINE 1. REPROACH 2. REWARD 3. RENUMERATION 4. RETRENCHMENT 5. REGARD THE MESSAGE FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S WAY OF THINKING 1. REPROACH: The story of Job: Job 1:8-12. Job.2:3-7. Job.42:7-10. Here we read ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:8-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Pharisee And The Tax Collector Or The Pastor And Irs Agent Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on Feb 7, 2002

Jesus told a story in Luke’s Gospel to teach us about the irony of God’s righteousness and man’s sinfulness.

INTRODUCTION Sermonic Theme Opening Statement: There are many literary forms used in the Bible. There is poetry, proverb, legal document, dramatic narrative, hymn, sermon, theological treatise, personal letter, and apocalyptic vision. And sprinkled into all of these genres are figures of speech ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Keeping Away From Your Delilah

Contributed by Fernando Cabrera on Oct 27, 2004

Everyman’s battle is the lust of the eye. In this sermon you will learn the principles in overcoming on of man’s weakest areas of his life.

Keep away from your Delilah Dr. Fernando Cabrera Judges 16:4-22 Delilah means lit. “the weak one or the longing one”. There are woman in some men’s life that when they are around them they make them feel like “the weak one”. There are certain women in men’s life that are like kryptonite, they sap ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:4-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Babble Of Babel Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 10, 2003

God judges man’s pride by confusing language. The gift of tongues in Acts is seen as the beginning of the removal of that curse through Christ.

Genesis 10:1-11:9 March 2, 2003 I watched a special recently on the history channel. The special was comparing the civilizations of the ancient world. They particularly focused in upon the fact that pyramid building was a common thread among civilizations that were distinct and distant from each ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:4-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Walk By The Water

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 10, 2005

"The Miserable Patient and the Mighty Physician" The Impotent Man: The Market, the Multitude, the Man, the Messiah, the Mercy, the Message. Free Powerpoint at website.

A Walk by the Water “The Miserable Patient and the Mighty Physician” John 5:1-9 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/WalkByWater.html Bethesda= “House of Mercy” The “House of Mercy” was a house of misery for many. This pool was ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Throwing Rocks Down By The River Side.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 16, 2008

Are you a good rock thrower? Shimei is a great lesson of a man that knows the negative and loves to throw rocks at God’s man?

THROWING ROCKS DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:34-35

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Life Without Immanuel: Living In Spiritual Darkness

Contributed by Michael Davidson on Dec 4, 2005

When man chooses to live life apart from (God) Immanuel – man first rejects God’s self-revelation.

Life without Immanuel: Living in Spiritual Darkness “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:19-21

Denomination: Baptist

Learning To Trust God!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 1, 2018

The story of Gideon is a great example of just an ordinary man who learned to trust God & became a man of impressive courage.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Judges 6:1-40 (NLT); Judges 7:1-25 (NLT); Matthew 6:31 (NLT); ILL. Chuck Swindoll, in his book, "Living Above the Level of Mediocrity," tells about a church in the Soviet ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:1-40, Judges 7:1-25, Matthew 6:31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Head Of The Corner Series

Contributed by Ricky Tuttle Thd on Aug 24, 2024

Just imagine Peter, John and now this healed man all detained. The reason; A man was healed without the permission of the leaders of the Temple.

“The Head Of The Corner” Acts 4:5-11 Just imagine Peter, John and now this healed man all detained. The reason; A man was healed without the permission of the leaders of the Temple. They spent the night in jail and I can only imagine what is going through their minds. Since we have no statements ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:5-11

Denomination: Baptist