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There are 248 sermon illustrations on Calling on IllustrateTheWord, across 5 categories.
Joseph Exell's 1887 commentary identifies three essential truths about Christian ministry.
On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell walked across the stage at Geneva Medical College in upstate New York and received her Doctor of Medicine degree...
On February 21, 1945, Eric Liddell died on a thin mattress in Weihsien internment camp in Weifang, China. He was forty-three years old. A brain...
In 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach took up his post as Thomaskantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany. The position was grueling — he was...
In November 1968, Shirley Chisholm stood before supporters in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, having just won election to the United States Congress — the first Black...
On a September morning in 1948, a thirty-eight-year-old Albanian nun stepped through the gates of the Loreto convent in Calcutta and walked into the Motijhil...
On September 10, 1946, a thirty-six-year-old Albanian nun boarded a train in Calcutta bound for Darjeeling. Sister Teresa had taught at St. Mary's High School...
On October 7, 1950, the Vatican officially recognized a tiny new religious order in Calcutta, India. Its founder, a 40-year-old Albanian nun named Agnes Bojaxhiu...
The sermon illustration emphasizes the importance of recognizing singleness as a valid and valuable calling within the church, rather than a problem to be solved. It highlights that single individuals have unique contributions to make and should be encouraged to flourish in their ministry and service, reflecting the teachings of Paul and Jesus on the matter.
The sermon illustration emphasizes the importance of recognizing singleness as a valid and valuable calling within the church, rather than a problem to be solved. It highlights that single individuals can contribute uniquely to ministry and service, and encourages the church to support and honor their role in the community.
As we gather today, let’s turn our hearts and minds to the powerful words of Galatians 3:28, where Paul reminds us that in Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female,...
Imagine a world where our daily routines weave seamlessly into the fabric of our faith, where the hustle of work and the peace of our spiritual lives exist not as competing forces but as harmonious partners. In the letter of...