Love Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Sacrificial Love

Faithfulness, Love, Redemption, Restoration, Sacrifice

A great illustration of sacrificial love for the Trinity and the Son of God is in Avengers: Endgame. At the end of the movie,…

Being in One Another’s Lives

Brokenness, Love, Loving Others, Relationships, Unity

Jesus did not become a heretic because he ate with sinners, showed mercy to adulterers, or bucked certain religious traditions. Loving others well happens…

Tantrums

Actions, Discipline, Love, Motivation, Obedience, Self-Care

A great illustration of not doing what we should be doing is seen in small children. Tantrums, which are caused by a number of…

Being a Light

Evangelism, Light, Light of the World, Love, Loving Others

Like salt, light is something that can have a dramatic effect on everything it touches. Light makes it possible to see. A lighthouse warns…

Transformed By Love

Change, God's Love, Love, Loving Others, Transformation

A good modern example of a character transformed by love is Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When we first meet Tony in Iron…

Jesus Loves Me

God's Love, Jesus's Love, Love, Loving God, Loving Jesus

Loving Jesus is deeper than our words and our intentions. Many times we mean well, but we fall so short. As a result, we’re…

A New Name

Adoption, Change, Family, Love, Names

Kurt Strassner states,“A new name is almost always the symbol of a new beginning” (Kurt Strassner, Opening up Genesis, Opening up the Bible [Leominster:…

Love Triangle

Love, Marriage, Relationship with God, Relationships

One of the great ways that biblical marriage has been portrayed is with the picture of a triangle. The husband and wife form the…

Brothers And Sisters In Arms

Christian Unity, Love, Sacrifice, The Body of Christ, Unity

Similar to joining the military, when you become a Christian and join the church, you immediately find yourself among brothers and sisters in the…

A Picture of Grace

Favor, Forgiveness, Grace, Love

What is God’s grace? It is God’s unmerited favor. It is kindness that is notdeserved or earned. Imagine a parent sets a jar on…

The Hound Of Heaven

Gods Love, Love, Pursuit, Redemption, Salvation, The Gospel

The poem “The Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson brilliantly portrays God in relentless pursuit of a human soul: I fled Him, down the…

Eternity Is A Long Time

COVID-19, Eternity, God's Love, Love, Quarantine

God’s love is giving in its nature. That’s what John 3:16 tells us: he “so loved the world” that he did what? “He gave.”…

Someone To Love

Contentment, Loneliness, Love, Relationship with God, Satisfaction

American pop band Fountains of Wayne has a song called “Someone to Love” that tells a story a lot of people today can identify…

Frozen II

Christ's Love, Commitment, Everlasting, Faithfulness, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Love, Steadfast Love, Unchanging, Unconditional Love

So we must keep “God is love” together with the unchangeableness of God. This reveals a God who shows an everlasting love toward people….

Jurassic Park

Consistency, Constancy, Faithfulness, Fear, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Love, Steadfast, Steadfast Love

“He left us! He left us!” This is what Lex screams in the thriller Jurassic Park (directed by Steven Spielberg [Amblin Entertainment, 1993]). The…

Letter From Jim

Adultery, Commandments, Disobedience, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Relationships, Sin, Temptation, Ten Commandments

In “Letter from Jim,” Garrison Keillor tells the story of a man with a PhD in classics who, after years of teaching at the…

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…