Forgiveness – Page 4 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Waiter Gets College Bills Paid For

Atonement, Ephesians 2:8-9, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus's Death, Loving Others, Luke 22:39-46, Mercy, Romans 1:16, Romans 3:20-24, Salvation, Sin, Titus 2:11

Working as a waitress in Pennsylvania, a nursing student named Melissa received a tip that would change her life. While talking to a stranger…

Repay Evil With Love

1 Peter 3:8-16, Colossians 3:13, Do Good to Those Who Hurt You, Ephesians 4:32, Evil, Forgiveness, Love, Matthew 18:21-22, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 6:14-15, Persecution, Pray for Your Enemies, Repay Evil, Revenge

Christ has called us to love one another and to repay evil with good. During the civil rights movement, many African Americans, inspired by Martin…

The Power of Forgiveness

1 John 2:2, Colossians 3:13, Desire, Forgiveness, Healing, Love, Luke 6:37, Micah 7:18, Miracle, Need, Proverbs 17:9, Reconciliation, Spiritual Healing, The Great Physician, Time

Producer Helen Whitney helped create a documentary in 2011 called Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate. She explains in this…

It’s Never Too Late

2 Corinthians 7:9, Acts 20:21, Acts 3:19, Forgiveness, Grace, Hosea 14:1, Hosea 6:1, Jeremiah 24:7, Job 22:23, Joel 2:13, Mercy, Prodigal Son, Redemption, Restoration, Return to God, Salvation, Sin, Zechariah 1:3

A recent episode of the podcast Invisibilia covered how one small Danish town responded to young Muslim men leaving to join ISIS in Syria….

Propitiation

1 John 2:2, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Forgiveness, Galatians 2:16, God's Anger, Grace, Isaiah 43:25, Justification, Propitiation, Redemption, Refuge, Rescue, Romans 3:25, Sacrifice, The Cross

There’s a word used in the Bible to describe God’s anger against us being appeased: propitiation. “To understand [propitiation], think about how a mother…

“The Qualities of ‘Mercy'”

Colossians 1:13-14, Deliverance, Dwell, Ephesians 1:7, Forgiveness, Galatians 3:13, Hebrews 9:12, Incarnation, Injustice, Mercy, Ministry, Presence, Redemption, Relationship, Titus 2:14

“When Jesus came to us, the Father sent him as one of us: to dwell with us, to sit with us in our misery…

What’s So Dangerous About Grace?

1 Peter 5:10, Dangerous, Ephesians 2:8-9, Faith, Forgiveness, Gift, Giving, Grace, Hebrews 4:16, James 4:6, Love, Radical, Romans 3:24, Undeserved, Worth

In an interview with Christianity Today, John M.G. Barclay speaks about Paul’s view of grace in his book, Paul And The Gift. When asked, “You…

Unexpected Forgiveness

Abundance, Acts 3:19, Counter-Cultural, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 4:31-32, Example, Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Grief, Hebrews 4:16, Love, Mercy, Radical, Romans 5:1-2

After Dylann Roof shot and killed nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina, one could expect their family…

Forgiving Their Daughter’s Killer

Advocacy, Amos 5:24, Forgiveness, Grace, Isaiah 30:18-19, Justice, Kindness, Luke 17:4, Matthew 5:44, Mercy, Peace, Receiving, Restoration, Romans 12:17-21, Self-Control

In an interview with Christianity Today, Kate Grosmaire describes how she and her husband went through the process of forgiving their teen daughter’s murderer,…

Laughing in Trouble

2 Corinthians 1:21, Colossians 1:11-12, Conversion, Conviction, Equanimity, Forgiveness, Healing, James 1:12, Perseverance, Revelation 3:10, Romans 12:12, Testimony, Trusting God, Truth, Unbelief

In 2010, Laura Hillenbrand released a book entitled Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. She shared Louis Zamperini’s experience…