Loading...
Search, filter, and discover the perfect illustration for your sermon
Free to browse · Sign up free to unlock most illustrations · Premium ($9.95/mo) for the full library of 50,000+ illustrations
Many religionists, as Spurgeon observed, attend to religion without ever truly understanding it.
The kiss signifies multiple progressive meanings in Scripture.
Rees preached last in North Wales, a friend said to him—one of those who are always reminding people that they are getting old—"You are whitening fast, Dr.
Christ teaches that "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"—Matthew 6:34—grounding our freedom from anxiety in three essential truths.
We may lawfully wish for one another extended years; this desire is no infirmity.
When comfort abandons us and earthly props crumble, the soul rises on wings of intercession toward Yahweh.
The Lord does not merely turn away; He *releases Himself* (*aphistemi*), detaches Himself, shakes off an encumbrance without righteousness.
Bishop Ryle offers a piercing parallel: the bankrupt cannot finance another's recovery; the imprisoned cannot liberate a fellow prisoner; the shipwrecked sailor cannot rescue his drowning comrade.
To those imprisoned both in darkness and in chains, the Lord Jesus speaks: "Show yourselves; rise, and come out of the darkness; hide away no longer, come forth into the light, and enjoy it." Consider the characters mentioned in this...
Not yet are all things in subjection to humanity, yet this sovereignty shall come.
Ecclesiastes 1:26 declares that God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who find favour in His sight. But what constitutes genuine goodness before Elohim? A man may esteem himself righteous, yet remain spiritually hollow. Society may celebrate him as...
This term carries profound weight—not mere completion, but restoration to an earlier and better state.
First, the natural seed of Israel—*sperma* (offspring)—recalls the nation called out of Egypt under Moses.
The impulse to adorn ourselves belongs distinctly to human nature, yet moral qualities constitute the truest adornments of any person.
The Heavenly Physician addresses those who neglect His healing: those depending upon their own moral virtue, those trusting in religious duties alone, and those resting in correct doctrine without transformation.
The narrative refuses naturalistic explanation; it is supernatural or nothing.
Jerusalem's rocky peninsula becomes the symbol, but the true city of God transcends geography.
Yet before presenting the king, he made one final appeal to the people—a last attempt, 'all but hopeless,' to persuade them to abandon their rebellious desire for monarchy.
The guilt of forsaking God rests upon a fundamental truth: man is bound by the law of his nature to obey the Almighty Being who made him an intelligent and immortal creature.
When the king commanded his servants to show reverence to Haman, he required them to acknowledge the minister as a god-representative, reflecting divine honor upon the monarch himself.
Some have even become atheists in practice, though they claimed faith in theory.
When passing by a fruit-tree laden with rich produce or a corn-field heavy with golden grain, the Arabs would spontaneously cry out, "Barak Allah!"—God bless you!
The prophet employs striking, elevated language to convey God's gracious thoughts toward His erring but repentant people.
The natural instinct binds us: enmity answers enmity, kindness answers kindness. A dog stretches its neck to be patted and snaps at a raised stick. We are creatures of reciprocal reaction. Yet Christian morality requires us to master this instinct...