The World – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Change Of Perspective

diamond, jewel, Perspective, point of view, The World

Have you ever looked through a jewel, like a diamond or a crystal? It creates a rainbow prism and a specific view of seeing…

We Choose

Choices, Death, Following Jesus, Life, The World

In the Middle-Earth stories The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, we encounter the story of Gollum. Gollum started out looking and acting…

Navigating Our World

Christian Walk, Corporate Worship, Spiritual Life, The World, Worship

When you walk in a room in your home, you don’t usually have to think about where the furniture is. Your brain doesn’t have…

Hideaway

Church, Darkness, Evangelism, Hiding, isolation, Light, Others, The World, Witness

Fear divides people into two categories: us and them. This polarized thinking is more combative than missional because of its tendency to isolate. A…

Gospel View

Creation, God's Plan, Human History, Jesus, Narrative, Redeemed, Redemption, Salvation, Sin, The Bible, The Gospel, The World

The gospel goes beyond individuals being saved from their sins and going to heaven after they die. The gospel involves the full scope of…

In Wonderland

2 Corinthians 5:17, Counter-Cultural, God's Kingdom, John 3:16, John 3:3, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Luke 17:20-21, Mark 1:15, Matthew 5, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 6:33, Paradox, Perspective, Sermon on the Mount, The World, Upside Down, Values

In the very popular film, Alice in Wonderland, Alice, the main character, enters through a rabbit hole into the surprising and upside-down world of Wonderland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNXpnufLVkc&pbjreload=10. Just as…

Ambassadors

1 Peter 3:15, 1 Timothy 4:10, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ambassadors, Children of God, Ephesians 2:10, Evangelism, Luke 10:2, Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20, Mission, Psalm 96:3, Reconciliation, Representatives, Salvation, The Church, The Lost, The World, Witnessing

A US government’s ambassador is the President’s highest-ranking representative to a specific nation abroad. She is a spokesperson for the United States to the nation…