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Sermon Illustrations

Caring For Strangers

Caring for Others, Loving Others, Loving Our Neighbor, Self-Sacrifice

Folk tales throughout the ages have been told to express the sacred human duty of caring sacrificially for strangers. In these tales, a god,…

Salt, Light And Christmas Lights

Community, God's Kingdom, Light of the World, Loving Our Neighbor, Salt of the earth, Working Together

In the book, Fearing Bravely, McNiel illustrates Jesus’s intention for the kingdom by pointing to his own illustration: salt and light. Jesus claimed that…

Love Your Neighbor

Care, Community, Family, Love, Loving Our Neighbor, Neighbor

Writing for Plough magazine, Gerhard Lohfink claims that “the topic of love forneighbor is widely misunderstood.” He goes on to explain what it meant…

Praise You In The Storm

Circumstances, Loving God, Praise, Worship

The song “Praise You in the Storm” by Casting Crowns illustrates what a life of worship, regardless of the circumstances, can look like. On…

Good Samaritan

Awareness, Good Samaritan, Living Like Jesus, Love, Parable, Patience

In 1971, two Princeton psychologists staged an experiment. They took forty seminarians and told them they were going to record their sermons. Half were…

We Choose

Choices, Death, Following Jesus, Life, The World

In the Middle-Earth stories The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, we encounter the story of Gollum. Gollum started out looking and acting…

More Than A Rule Book

Bible, Encountering God, interactive, Knowing God, Love Story, Rules, Scripture

In the sitcom According to Jim, the title character is having a disagreement with the priest. He wants the priest to forgive him and…

The Sweetness Of Learning

Parenthood, Scripture, Teaching, Time, Truth

The documentary A Life Apart, about Hasidic Jews, shows the value of education in the religious life of the Hasids. At age three, they…

Great Leaders Lead By Example

Attitude, Christ's Example, Encounters, Example, Humility, Leadership, Servant-leadership

In a memorable scene from Remember the Titans (directed by Boaz Yakin [Buena Vista Pictures, 2000]), Julius Campbell and Gerry Bertier get into an…

Welcome To Parenthood

Believers, Good Gifts, Parenthood, Parents, Stress

Parenthood is an incredible gift. It is a privilege we ought not take for granted. That is 100 percent true. Simultaneously, parenthood is also…

A Simple Act Of Humility

Humble, Humility, Leadership, Servant-leadership, Servanthood, Serving Others

Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings Inc., handwrites birthday and holiday cards to each of his employees every year: 9,200 of them. He started…

A Bird’s Feathers

God's Care, God's Love, Jesus's Teachings, Trust in God, Trusting God

Seeing birds survive the coldest winter days may raise questions about how they keep warm. Learning about the intricate nature of a bird’s feather…

Living Water

Fruitful Discipleship, Jesus, Life, Living Water, Needs, Water

Is water really living? Yes! In addition to the Bible using “living water” as a metaphor for the life brought about by remaining near…

Familial Relationships

Church Family, Differences, Different Worldviews, Family, Gathering, Relationships

We all have different definitions and experiences of family. Karis Lee describes how living in the Middle East changed her and her family’s understanding…

Linchpin

Christ centered, Creation, God's Creation, Jesus Christ

A linchpin is a pin that passes through the axel to keep a wheel in place, https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/linchpin. If there was no linchpin, the wheel…

Music Helps Us Remember

God Our Father, Hymn, Incarnation, Jesus, Musical, The Church, Worship

Think of various commercials where a jingle gets stuck in your head. Or try to say the ABCs without singing the alphabet jingles. Music…

Responsibility To Make A Difference

Activism, Future Hope, Hope, Hope Of the World, Redemption, Responsibility, Stewardship

The blockbuster film Interstellar (directed by Christopher Nolan [Paramount Pictures, 2014]) is set in a not-so-distant future devastated by global warming, where a global…

Reflecting On Climate Change

Apocalypse, Frailty, God's Creation, Hope, Stewardship, Suffering

The post-apocalyptic movie genre has become very popular in recent decades— maybe too popular! Here is a good article chronicling “10 Apocalyptic Movies That…

“The Big House”

Beginnings, Christian Life, Christians, Church, Church Body, Jesus, Worship

The Michigan Wolverines’ football stadium, affectionately known as “the Big House,” is the largest football stadium in North America and one of the largest…