Sermon Illustrations

  • Christianity,  Conversion,  Cross,  Easter,  Evangelism,  Good Friday,  YouTube Videos

    i-Share Evangelism Video

    The evangelism tool for our media generation. i-Share – The Gospel visualized on your screen or on your iPod and in multiple languages. i-Share is a new evangelism tool meant to help individuals, youth groups, mission trip participants and beyond share their faith in a new and relevant way. The i-Share video can be used in a public setting in your favorite presentation software or personally in your own video iPod or similar device. The i-Share also comes in more than one language!! By using the i-Share video mission trip participants are able to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ no matter the language barrier.

  • Christianity,  Church,  Committment

    Coals Church and Christianity

    D. L. Moody was visiting a prominent Chicago citizen when the idea of church membership and involvement came up.

    “I believe I can be just as good a Christian outside the church as I can be inside it,” the man said.

    Moody said nothing. Instead, he moved to the fireplace, blazing against the winter outside, removed one burning coal, and placed it on the hearth.

    The two men sat together and watched the ember die out.

    “I see,” the other man said.

    Keith Long, Room to Grow (Hendrickson, 1999), quoted in Men of Integrity (3.2)

  • Christianity,  Church

    A Struggling Student

    There was once a college student who was struggling in many areas of his life. He spent a great deal of his time feeling angry and frustrated. When he could stand it no longer, he went to the dim and seldom-used chapel on campus. He paced up and down the aisles, slapping the back of the empty pews. He yelled, he cried, and he raged at God.

    “God you created the world … what could you possibly have been thinking? Look at the problems people face. Look at the pain, suffering, and hunger. Look at the neglect, the waste, the abuse. Everywhere I look, I see messed-up people, hurting people, lonely people!”‘ The young man ranted and raved on and on.

    Finally, exhausted, he sat in the front pew and looked hopelessly at the cross. Its tarnished surface reflected the dusty sunlight filtering in through the stained glass windows. “It’s all such a mess! This world you created is nothing but a terrible mess! Why even I could make a world better than this one!”

    And then the young man heard a voice in the silence of that dusty chapel that made his eyes open wide and his jaw drop.

    `And that is exactly what I want you to do.”‘

    Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks – Wayne Rice

  • Christianity,  Noah's Ark

    Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Noah’s Ark:

    One — Don’t miss the boat.
    Two — Remember that we are all in the same boat.
    Three — Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.
    Four — Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
    Five — Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
    Six — Build your future on high ground.
    Seven — For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.
    Eight — Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
    Nine — When you’re stressed, float a while.
    Ten — No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting.

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  • Christian Character,  Prayer

    Someone Else

    We are all saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our church’s most valuable members, Someone Else. Someone’s passing created a vacancy that will be difficult to be. Else has been with us for many years, and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person’s share of the work. Whenever leadership was mentioned, this wonderful person was looked to for inspiration as well as results: Someone Else can work with that group.” Whenever there was a job to do, a class to teach, or a meeting to attend, one name was on everyone’s list- Someone Else. “Let Someone Else do it” was a common refrain heard throughout the church. It was common knowledge that Someone Else was among the largest givers in the church. Whenever there was a financial need, everyone just assumed Someone Else would make up the difference. Someone Else was a wonderful person, sometimes appearing superhuman; but a person can only do so much. Were the truth known, everybody expected too much of Someone Else. Now Someone Else is gone! We wonder what we are going to do. Someone Else left a wonderful example to follow, but who is going to follow it? Who is going to do the things Someone Else did? Remember-we can’t depend on Someone Else anymore!

    From email Illustration List