Sin – Page 2 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Crisis at the Confessional

Confessing Sin, Confession, Sin, Sinful Nature

Studio C, a sketch comedy team, provides a lighthearted video that could serve as an intro to a sermon on confession. The concept? What…

Refused Forgiveness

Christ's Sacrifice, Forgiveness, Lent, Sacrifice, Sin

In the film Les Misérables (directed by Tom Hooper [Universal Pictures, 2012]), Jean Valjean’s choice to let Javert live brings the police officer to…

Christians Fail

Failure, Leaders, Sin, Sinful Nature

Christians fail! The news is littered with the checkered track record. From the 1988 PTL (Praise the Lord) downfall of Jim Bakker to the…

A “Perfect” Community

Community, Evil, Fallen World, Jealousy, Sin

The movie The Village shows the struggle to create a “perfect” community in a fallen world (directed by M. Night Shyamalan [Touchstone Pictures, 2004])….

Failure Precedes Success

Christian Life, Failure, Sin, Success

For every successful person we admire, there is failure preceding the success. In a famous Nike commercial, Michael Jordan stated, “I’ve missed more than…

Temptation

Overcoming Temptation, Resisting Temptation, Sin, Temptation

Temptation itself is not a sin, as we read in James 1. Rather, it’s our response to temptation that leads us into or away…

It Comes From Within

Depravity, Desires, Salvation, Sin, The Fall, The Heart

M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 movie, The Village, described the struggle to create a “perfect” community in a fallen world (The Village, directed by M. Night…

Advocate And Prosecutor

Advocate, Conviction, Defense, Holy Spirirt, Sin, The Spirit

We have seen how the Spirit is our Comforter and Advocate, and yet here the Spirit is also one who convicts of sin—which might…

Better Than A Second Chance

Forgiveness, Good News, Grace, Salavation, Sin, The Gospel

The new life given to Christians by God through Jesus Christ my not be best described as a ‘second chance’. Aaron Wilson illustrates this…

Getting Well

Healer, Healing, Medicine, Salvation, Sanctification, Sickness, Sin

There are times when we are ill or injured and the cure or treatment is unpleasant or just plain awful. Kids have to take…

Tale As Old As Time

Guilt, Hiding, Shame, Sin, The Fall

A boy was told by his father not to play with his father’s watch. While his father was away, the five-year-old initially decided he…

Les Miserables

Freedom, God's Covenant, God's Saving Grace, Grace, Salvation, Sin

In this video clip from Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is shown incredible grace that not only frees him from the penalty of his sin…

Pleasure Island

False Teachers, Idolatry, Idols, Sin

Pinocchio blindly follows Honest John to Pleasure Island, where the promise of endless fun awaits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjgf-HQKRcE. Only too late does he find out he…

Washing Hands

Choosing Christ, Confessing Sin, Forgiveness, Redemption, Sin, Sinful Nature

Every restaurant in America has a sign in the bathroom that says, “Employees must wash hands before returning to work.” If someone is unclean,…

The “Anxious Bench”

Anxiety, Anxious, Conviction, Guilt, Repentance, Sin, Sinful Nature, Sorrow

Imagine being in a church service. Everyone is praying or singing songs of praise as the pastor loudly proclaims that people need to get…

Broken Watch

Conviction, Guilt, Mistakes, Shame, Sin, Sinful Nature, Sorrow, Trouble

A boy was told by his father not to play with his father’s watch. While his father was away, the five-year-old initially decided he…

“No Regerts”

Emotional Pain, Guilt, Pain, regret, Shame, Sin, Sorrow

We all have regrets! Or, as this tattoo says: “No Regerts!”: https://www.etsy.com/listing/634856911/funny-no-regrets-tattoo. But there are things in life that make us feel guilt, shame,…

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…

Stolen Joy

Commandments, Following God, Sin, Stealing, Ten Commandments

There was a man who lived across the street from an abandoned home. Every spring the most beautiful daffodils and tulips would bloom in…

A Different Approach

Grace, Jesus's Death, Salvation, Sin, The Law

Sometimes, searching for the answer to the same old problem requires an absolutely different method. In Red (directed by Robert Schwentke [Summit Entertainment, 2010]),…