Faith Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Knowing the Lesson Plan

Bible, Faith, Time With God, Trust, Trusting God

Picture the difficulty a substitute teacher has when enacting an absent teacher’s lesson plans. Without spending a considerable amount of time with the real…

Complete this blind spot exercise to see if you have literal blind spots in yourvision https://synergycommons.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/the-blindspot.pdf. When we have quality friends in our life,…

Faith More Than A Hobby

Church Life, Community, Defense, Faith

In a soccer game, one team was winning by a significant margin. The reason thegame was so lopsided wasn’t clear at first. The losing…

God’s Restoration Process

Faith, God, Redemption, Restoration

When a book ages or is damaged, a book restorer can give the book new life. This professional book restorer takes viewers through the…

God’s Protection from Unseen Dangers

Faith, God's Plan, Warning

We’re all familiar with warning signs. We see them on streets, on buildings, and on the packaging that accompanies so many of our purchases….

God’s Love for Us

Faith, God's Love, God's Intervention, Love

Brennan Manning tells a great story about a woman who was in desperate need of God’s intervention. At a silent retreat Manning hosted, the…

Think like a Farmer for Faithfulness

Faith, Faithfulness, Fruit, Parables, Spiritual Growth

The challenge of waiting for God in our lives means that we have to wait until he is finished to see what has grown…

Immortality in Faith

Faith, Fear, Immortality, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

Fear Of Death

Death, Faith, Fear, Immortality, Power of Jesus, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

“The Lord Strengthened Me”

Faith, Grief, Hope, Hope in God, Reactions, Response, Strength, Unexpected

When John Newton lost his wife, Polly, his reaction was not what people expected. The next day he resumed his duties as a pastor,…

Peace With One Another

Authority, Disagreements, Faith, Friendships, Government, Peace, Peacefully

Living at peace with governing authorities is practiced by living at peace with one another. Most leaders shy away from controversial topics in the…

Withstanding The Toughest Storms

Calamity, Faith, Firm Foundation, Jesus Christ, Storms, The Rock

There have been many intense and deadly storms in the United States in the twenty-first century—maybe none more horrific than Hurricane Katrina in 2005:…

Accusations, Faith, And Forgiveness

Accusations, Confessing Sin, Faith, Forgiveness, Renewed

In an episode of House, the title character treats a disgraced priest. The priest has been accused of molesting a teenage boy and has…

Your Faith Has A Big Impact

Effects, Faith, Impact, Parables

Yeast is a small ingredient that makes a big difference. In fact, it can make or break a recipe. A small amount of yeast…

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…

Reunited

Faith, God's Promises, Promise, Trust

In the sci-fi drama Interstellar (directed by Christopher Nolan [Paramount Pictures, 2014]), a complex web of events causes a young astronaut trying to save…

Old Faithful

Faith, Faithfulness, God's Faithfulness, Reliable

Old Faithful is one of the most famous geysers in Yellowstone National Park. While its eruptions are predicted on a daily basis (you can…

Renewed Faith

Confessing Sin, Confession, Faith, Grace

In an episode of House, the title character treats a disgraced priest. The priest has been accused of molesting a teenage boy and has…

Slacklining

Faith, God's Timing, Support, Waiting, Waiting on God

A popular park or backyard activity is slacklining. A slackline is a three-inch-wide tightrope made from seatbelt material and stretched between two trees in…

Silence

Doubt, Faith, Silence, Suffering

In the movie Silence (directed by Martin Scorsese [United Artists, 2016]), a young Catholic priest, Father Rodrigues, wonders why God is silent when there…