Jump directly to the Content

Sermons on Christ, substitute for humanity


Home > Sermons > Topics > Christ, substitute for humanity

Preaching on Christ, substitute for humanity? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.

A Better Covenant
A Better Covenant

Introduction

These Jewish Christians, who've grown up under the law, but now they've come to trust Christ are facing possible persecution ...


We can rest in a covenant that God has made and that God keeps and that God rewards.


[Read More]
Look to Jesus
Look to Jesus

Introduction

For one of our family vacations, we went to Estes Park, Colorado, enjoying the beauties of Rocky Mountain National Park. There was a constant ...


Spend your life’s energies and capacities seeing, savoring (in his Word), and spreading a passion for Jesus Christ.


[Read More]
Your New Identity

Introduction

At age 95, Rabbi Hershel Schachter died in the Bronx, New York. A name that doesn't mean much to most of you, but a few of you will remember ...


Easter means that we have the identity of Christ: we're dead and alive in him.


[Read More]
Jesus, Betrayed and Crucified
Jesus, Betrayed and Crucified

Introduction

If you have ever flown into Ireland, north or south, one thing will strike you. From the air, Ireland is remarkably green. What the tourist ...


Nothing compares to the toxic effect of taking Jesus and his death for granted.


[Read More]
Who Can Stand Before This Holy God?
Who Can Stand Before This Holy God?

Introduction

I want to begin today by quoting an important verse, because as this sermon goes along, you may begin to wonder whether I believe this or ...


There's only one way to stand before our Holy God—through the merits of Jesus Christ.


[Read More]
To Obey Is Better than Food

Introduction

The Scripture text this morning is Matthew 4:1-4:

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after ...

Only Christ can help you believe that only he can satisfy your deepest needs.


[Read More]
Judgment at Ai

Today we're going to look at the Book of Joshua, chapter 8, beginning in verse 18. We recall that Israel has once before been defeated by the little town ...


There's good news within even God's harshest acts of judgment.


[Read More]
Encounter on Golgotha Road
Encounter on Golgotha Road

From the editor:

We recently posted an Easter message by John Ortberg, because the themes like atonement, the Cross, resurrection, etc. are never out of ...


God is always at work, leading us to times and places where we might meet him.


[Read More]
Satan Strikes Out

From the editor:

In the second half of Mark's sermon, he shares that C. S. Lewis once wrote that we often fall prey to two equal yet opposite errors concerning ...


We mustn't fear Satan; we must overcome him.


[Read More]
Fifteen Words of Hope

Introduction

Second Corinthians 5:21 says this: "He made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in ...



[Read More]
The Lostness of Humankind

Text: Romans 1:18-25Topic: A look at mankind's journey through rejection, separation, domination, and condemnation—and his opportunity for redemption ...


Jesus came not to make bad people good, but to make dead people live.


[Read More]
Immanuel
Immanuel

From the editor

Here's a short, to-the-point Christmas sermon from Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, and author ...


The Almighty God became Immanuel, "God with us," so we can spend eternity with him.


[Read More]
The Purpose of the Passion

From the editor

By the close of this sermon, Mac Brunson has masterfully explained complex theological concepts like condemnation, salvation, and justification ...


In your life there is no condemnation—only the operation of redemption.


[Read More]
Cross Here

Introduction

One of the great ironies of history is that those who took Jesus to Calvary believed they were forcing him to his dead-end; in reality, Jesus ...


When you can't get there from here


[Read More]
Cross Over

Introduction

It was an ordinary day of commuting Cameron Hollopeter. The 20-year-old film student made his way down the steps into a New York City subway ...


When you come upon people in pain


[Read More]
Cross Out

Introduction

In August of 2003, the Church of the Holy Cross in New York City was broken into twice. In the first break-in, thieves made away with a metal ...


When we'd like the Cross to be just for Jesus


[Read More]
Redneck Christmas

Editor's note: The following monologue is delivered in character by a shepherd named Larry. There was a live nativity scene on stage for the Children's ...


To understand Christmas, we must understand God's holiness and admit our sinfulness.


[Read More]
Prepare for God's Visitation
Prepare for God's Visitation

Introduction

I have a friend named John who is a medical doctor. He was once making a commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean, when a teenage boy who ...


God's visitation demands a response.


[Read More]
Down the Ladder to the Highest Place

Introduction

Editorial note: Sunukjian uses a six-foot stepladder as a prop throughout this sermon. References to the prop will be noted in the text in ...


How to find glory in humiliation


[Read More]
When God Bent Down
When God Bent Down

Before there were vast black holes sucking matter into the staggering abyss of interstellar space; before there existed stardust and subatomic particles ...


Christ stooped so low to show us his unimaginable glory.


[Read More]
Baptism: A Public Declaration of Dependence
Baptism: A Public Declaration of Dependence

I was driving into church and I put in a cassette tape of the song "Mercy Came Running." I arrived at the worship center and went up to my office, did ...


Baptism declares we are unashamed of the Christ who died for us.


[Read More]