Culture – Sermon Illustration Ideas

In My Weakness He is Strong

Achilles Heel, Christ's Strength, Culture, Weakness

Weakness is not something our culture celebrates. Even our favorite characters from films would excel if it weren’t for their “Achilles heel,” that phrase…

Pretending

Connection, Culture, Fake, lies, pretend, Truth

Loneliness is a universal human experience. The popular musical Dear Evan Hansen has been so well received in part because its story centers on how loneliness…

Church DNA

Church Family, Community, Culture, Ethics

DNA is the code of life. Your DNA defines (physically) who you are. It not only defines who you are but also tells where…

Trust And Understanding

Culture, Evangelism, Learn, Listen, Love of Others, Missions, Observe, Relationships, Trust, Understanding

Denine Blevins shared her story of working in the Dominican Republic and being called out for being arrogant and culturally insensitive: “One of my…

True Revival Is Life-Giving

Christian Life, Culture, Faith, Revival

It may be worthwhile to acknowledge that popular culture does not necessarily represent Christian revival in positive ways. Preachers in tent revivals are often…

Cyclical Trends

Culture, Generation, Meaning, Trends, Vanity

Do you remember when bell-bottoms were cool? Some of you might ask, “Which time: the 1970s, or when they came back into fashion twenty…

Starter Pack

Christian Life, Christianity, Community, Conformity, Culture, Stereotype

Social media offered up some hilarious takes on a starter pack for whatever stereotype, trend, or subculture someone might identify with. Like the “hip…

Up or Down

Change, Constancy, Culture, God's Sovereignty, God's Word, Perspective, Reference

“Without some objective reference point we have no way of really saying if something is up or down.” On earth, the ground is always…

We Can Fix It

Bicycle, Broken, Brokenness, Clock, Culture, God's Faithfulness, God's Healing, God's Wisdom, God's Work, Healing, Redemption, Salvation, Society, The Cross, Tools, We Can Fix It, World

A grandfather was working in his workshop on a warm spring afternoon. He watched out the window as his grandson rode his bike in…

Lift Your Voice

1 Corinthians 15:58, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:23-24, Community, Culture, Evangelism, Faith, Galatians 6:9, Isaiah 1:17, Job, Post-Christian, Proverbs 12:24, Psalm 34:14, Secular, Values, Work, Work Place

Mike Cosper interviews Christians working in various fields on his podcast Cultivated. He has interviewed musicians, a football player, a record producer, a judge,…

Lift Your Voice

1 Corinthians 15:58, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:24-25, Community, Culture, Evangelism, Galatians 6:9, Isaiah 1:17, Job, Proverbs 12:24, Pslam 34:14, Values, Work, Work Place

Mike Cosper interviews Christians working in various fields on his podcast Cultivated. He has interviewed musicians, a football player, a record producer, a judge,…

Mixed Messages

1 John 2:15-17, Calling, Confusion, Culture, Identification, Imitation, Inclusiveness, James 4:4, Matthew 7:13, Outreach, Pastoring, Romans 12:2, Romans 8:13, Urban Ministry, Worldliness

On one episode of “The Calling,” a Christianity Today podcast, host Richard Clark interviewed pastor Tommy “Urban D” Kyllonen about his ministry in the…

The Marriage Premium

1 Corinthians 7:1-16, Acceptance, Children, Cohabitation, Culture, Ephesians 5:22-33, Flourishing, Genesis 2:22-24, God's Design, Marriage, Proverbs 18:22, Proverbs 5:18-19, Stability, Study, Truth

Christianity Today spoke with a sociology professor, Bradford Wilcox, and his colleagues about a study titled, “The Cohabitation-Go-Round: Cohabitation and Family Instability Across the Globe.”…

Different Worldviews

Acts 17:16-34, Challenge, Community, Culture, Different Worldviews, Evangelism, Heritage, Isaiah 12:4, Isaiah 6:8, John 13:35, Luke 12:11-12, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 5:15-16, Missions, Opposing View, Psalm 105:1, Religion

Christ has created a world full of rich diversity. In our cities, we see various cultures and heritage on every street, in our neighborhoods and job…