Mercy – Page 2 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

The Prodigal Returns

2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Colossians 1:21, Connection, Enemy, Grace, Love, Luke 15:24, Mercy, Prodigal, Repentance, Romans 5:10, Sin, Support, Welcome

A recent episode of the podcast Invisibilia covered a story of how one small Danish town responded to young Muslim men leaving to go…

Psalm 23 (Surely Goodness, Surely Mercy)

1 Timothy 4:4, Blessing, Dwelling, God's Promise, Goodness, Hebrews 12:10, Help, Love, Mercy, Presence, Provision, Psalm 135:3, Psalm 34:8, Psalm 73:1, Song

“Surely goodness surely mercy right beside me all my days and I will dwell in Your house forever and bless your Holy Name”- Shane…

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….

“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…

Living In Community

Acceptance, Colossians 3:12, Community, Empathy, Hospitality, Humility, James 2:13, Kindness, Luke 6:36, Mercy, Micah 6:8, Sacrifice, Selflessness, Titus 3:5, Welcome

One episode of the podcast Invisibilia highlighted the efficacy of community-based treatment for mental illness. In Geel, Belgium, families have “fostered” those with mental…

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,…

The Visitor

1 Corinthians 6:20, Caring, Change, Evangelism, Giving, Grace, Hebrews 13:1, Hospitality, Kindness, Mark 10:45, Mercy, Outreach, Redemption, Revelation 5:9, Romans 13:10

The Visitor is a film about a withdrawn professor getting tangled up in the lives of two undocumented immigrants. He reaches out to them…