Truth – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Pretending

Connection, Culture, Fake, lies, pretend, Truth

Loneliness is a universal human experience. The popular musical Dear Evan Hansen has been so well received in part because its story centers on how loneliness…

Tainted Interpretation

Bible, Interpretation, Misperception, Perception, Theology, Truth, Understanding

Have you ever thought you knew something, only to be corrected? That can be hard! Sometimes we have a misperception of people or events…

Scripture Is A Tool

Application, Armor of God, Scripture, Tools, Truth, Useful

Whether we have a tool drawer or a toolbox, most of us have a place where tools are stored. When there’s a problem, we’ll…

Success In Relationships Requires Truth

Godly Relationships, Love, Relationships, Requirements, Successful Relationships, Truth

The film Crazy Rich Asians (directed by Jon M. Chu, Warner Bros., 2018) depicts the relationship of mega-rich Nick Young with not-so-rich professor Rachel…

Using Truth For Political Agenda

Consequences, Political, Power, Trusting God, Truth

Don’t Look Up (directed by Adam McKay [Netflix, 2021]) tells the story of two astronomers who discover a deadly comet approaching earth. The president…

Standing Up For The Truth

Criticism, Risk, Seeking Truth, Truth

Standing up for the truth, speaking prophetically, and offering criticism are never easy. They always involve risk—the risk of losing a friendship, a job,…

The Truth Will Be Found

Exposed, Found, Preparation, Truth, Wicked, Work

If you played sports in high school, you may have had a coach who told you to run but didn’t pay attention to your…

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…