Truth Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Distorted Messages

Communication, Distortion, False Teachers, God's Truth, Gospel, Message, Seeking Truth, Truth

The telephone game is often used to teach people about problems in communication. The original message gets distorted because one of the messengers mishears…

Love Overcomes

Forgiveness, Forgiving Others, Journey, Love, Loving Others, Loving Our Neighbor, Peace, Truth

NPR interviewed Koko Kondo, a woman who was just eight months old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on her city, Hiroshima….

The Sweetness Of Learning

Parenthood, Scripture, Teaching, Time, Truth

The documentary A Life Apart, about Hasidic Jews, shows the value of education in the religious life of the Hasids. At age three, they…

The Belt: More Than A Fashion Statement

Armor of God, Discernment, God's Word, Protection, Truth

In the biblical world, a belt was more than a fashion statement. As we see in this Bible dictionary description, “a belt was important…

The Magnifying Glass of Truth

Confession, Evil, Humility, Mercy, Repentance, Truth

The film Promising Young Woman (directed by Emerald Fennell [Focus Features, 2020]) provides a powerful example of what it looks like when the magnifying…

Estuaries

Communication, Gossip, Source, Truth, Words

An estuary is created by the merging of fresh water and salt water, because the two waters came from two different sources. Something similar…

Mirage

False Teaching, Galatians, Heresy, Illusions, The Gospel, Truth

Sometimes in a desert, a combination of hot and cold air and the pathway of the light from the sun forms a mirage. Our…

Living By Truth

God's Word, Scripture, The Bible, Trusting God, Trusting Jesus, Truth

In recent years there has been a lot of talk about fake news, media bias, and how social media drives information, for better or worse….

It Doesn’t Fit

Bible, Context, Interpretation, Scripture, Truth

Have you ever tried to put on someone else’s coat, one that was too small for you? Picture a man who is 6 ft.,…

Struggling With Identity

Christian Life, Identity, Identity in Christ, Truth

Humans are the only part of creation that struggle with identity. A tomato vine doesn’t assume it is a pine tree or struggle with…

Denial

Change, Denial, Truth

Learning the truth can often be a hard pill to swallow, to the point that many of us will do anything we can to…

Heresy Healers

Doctrine, Healing, Heresy, Pastoring, The Bible, Truth

In this article, a pastor explains how he had to learn the hard way to be a “heresy healer” instead of a “heresy hunter.”…

The Weight of the Gospel

Anchor, Gospel, Stability, Truth, Waves

A ballast for a boat keeps it from capsizing even in harsh waves. We can easily be tossed to and fro by our circumstances. But…

Handle With Care

Scripture, The Bible, The Word, Truth

In battle, an unskilled swordsman runs the risk not only of injuring himself with his own blade but of injuring his comrade fighting next to…

Embedded Theology

Belief, Doctrine, Scripture, Studying Scripture, The Bible, Theology, Truth

During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US Army did something on an unprecedented level: it allowed over seven hundred journalists to travel with…

Tune-Up

Beliefs, Christianity, Doctrine, Faith, Heresy, The Bible, The Church, Truth

Do you give your car a tune-up every year? You check the oil, fluids, tires, and make sure that everything is working properly. If…

Lean On The Truth

Confidence, Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Identity, Identity in Christ, Mistakes, Truth

Have you ever made a mistake at work? Maybe it was a day that you were just off or were having a bad day….

Deep & Shallow

Deep, The Bible, The Word, Theologians, Theology, Truth, Understanding

“Someone has said that ‘the Bible is deep enough for a theologian to drown in and yet shallow enough for a child of God…

Your Guide

Direction, God's Word, Guidance, Guide, Light, Scripture, The Word, Truth

When you travel to an unknown region, whether domestically or internationally, it can be helpful to get a tour guide. A tour guide can…

Filtered

Filter, Lens, New Testament, Perception, Reality, The Bible, Truth, View, Worldview

Think of how different pictures look when we add different filters and or lenses to our iPhone or cameras. Depending on which filter or…