Love Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

The Homecoming

Bride of Christ, Children of God, Christmas, Father, Gifts, God Our Father, Love, Sacrifice

Earl Hamner’s novel about one Christmas from his childhood, The Homecoming, is a perfect illustration of God’s love for his bride. At the height…

Love Defined

Affections, Love, Loving God, The Heart

Love is a difficult concept to define and understand. Think of all the ways people use it in society: they love food, they love…

A Friend

Friend of God, Friendship, Love, Relationship with Christ, Relationship with God

Former Detective Adrian Monk lives alone. He has no friends. He is awkward in social situations but yearns for a friend. So when he…

A Celebration Of Love

Bride of Christ, Celebration, Jesus, Love, The Church, Wedding

The next time you attend a wedding ceremony, actually focus on what is happening. This is a celebration! The people have come together to…

Total Adoption

Adoption, Children of God, God Our Father, Identity, Love, Salvation

God chose you—he knew what you’d be like, warts and all, and he chose you out of love to be his child. 4. But…

The Attachment Cycle

Children of God, Father, God Our Father, Love, Relationship with God

Psychology and emerging neuroscience highlight the reality of this innate need for connection through the attachment cycle. This cycle demonstrates that for a growing…

Sacrificial Love

Disciplines, Love, Loving Others, Sacrifice, Technology

No doubt, most of us, if given the choice, would gladly give up things to help our best friend. If he or she was…

On The Incarnation

Christ, Incarnation, Love, Sacrifice, The Gospel

In a radio address, C. S. Lewis illustrated the incarnation and Jesus’s sacrifice for us this way: “Lying at your feet is your dog….

Visible Gospel

Adoption, Child of God, Christianity, God's Love, Love, The Gospel

Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman has adopted three daughters from China. He calls adoption “visible gospel” and says, “Until we adopted Shaohannah, I…

What Love Looks Like

Generosity, Giving, Love, Sacrifice, Serving Others

What is one of the ultimate expressions of love? Sacrifice. We might think of the direst of examples, like laying down your life for…

Freedom In Love

Freedom, Love, Priorities, Treasure

Keller writes, “What is the environment that liberates us if we confine ourselves to it, like water liberates the fish? Love. Love is the most…

Soul Mate

God, gods, Idolatry, Love, Marriage, Purpose, Relationship with God, Soul mate

The online dating company eHarmony markets the idea of a soul mate, in commercials like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRPH-fa2tE. But sometimes the soul mate idea…

Our Father

Care, Discipline, Father, God Our Father, Heavenly Father, Love, Maturity, Wisdom

Think of a loving, human father and his young son. There are things the son does not (and cannot) understand at this point in…

Too Easily Pleased

C.S. Lewis, Complacency, Distractions, God's Love, Idols, Love

Far too often, we are far too easily pleased. Even though God offers us uncoditional love, we satisfy ourselves with something far less than…

Our Need For Grace

Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Love, New Creation, New Life, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin, Struggles

Brennan Manning was a Franciscan priest who struggled with alcoholism. Eventually, his alcoholism led him out of the priesthood. It may come as a…

What Makes A Marriage?

Commitment, Love, Loving God, Marriage, Relationship, Relationship with God

Our relationship with God can be compared with a marriage. What makes a marriage? Is it posting on social media about date nights and…

Left Out

Forgiveness, Good News, Grace, Hurt, Inclusion, Inclusiveness, Love, The Gospel

Have you ever been in a situation where you were left out and were hurt because you wanted to be included? Perhaps this question…

Heading West

Christians, Greatest Commandments, Love, Loving Others, Neighbors, Serving, Serving Others, Unconditional Love

A teacher tells a story about one her students named Billy: “Billy was the resident cowboy of my kindergarten class, coming to school each…

Becoming Human

Beauty & The Beast, Church, Community, Human, Humanity, Individualism, Love, Movies, Redemption

In the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, we see the challenges that isolation and an unhealthy community can cause. “Initially, the most…

Meeting Needs

Belonging, Community, Generosity, Love, Loving Others, Needs, Serving Others, The Church, The Early Church

A benefit from the communion of the saints is the benefit of provision. That is present in Acts 2:44–45. This is a description of…