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There are 78 sermon illustrations on Nonviolence on IllustrateTheWord, across 4 categories.
On April 19, 1960, Diane Nash stood on the steps of Nashville's courthouse and looked Mayor Ben West in the eye. The twenty-two-year-old Fisk University...
On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis stood at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent...
On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis tucked an apple, a toothbrush, and two books into his backpack before walking to the Edmund Pettus Bridge...
On March 7, 1965, six hundred marchers set out from Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, demanding voting rights. They made it only to...
On March 12, 1930, a sixty-year-old man in a simple white dhoti walked out of Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, with seventy-eight followers behind him....
On August 28, 1945, Jackie Robinson sat across from Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey in a office at 215 Montague Street in Brooklyn. Robinson, a...
On the morning of March 12, 1930, a sixty-year-old man in a simple white dhoti stepped out of the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, carrying...
On March 12, 1930, Mohandas Gandhi stepped out of Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, and began walking. His destination was the coastal village of Dandi,...
In the Anabaptist tradition, Genesis 26:26-35 highlights God's covenant faithfulness amidst human conflict. It emphasizes the importance of peace, reconciliation, and the communal aspect of God's promises, reflecting how individuals and communities are called to live out God's kingdom values in their relationships.
In the Anabaptist tradition, Genesis 50:15-26 emphasizes God's sovereignty in the midst of human actions and the call to peace and reconciliation.
In the Anabaptist tradition, Genesis 26:12-25 is interpreted as a narrative illustrating God's provision and faithfulness amidst conflict and tension. The emphasis on Isaac's peaceful interactions with the Philistines and his commitment to community exemplifies the call for discipleship rooted in love, reconciliation, and nonviolence.
In the Anabaptist tradition, Genesis 32:22-32 is understood as a profound encounter with God that emphasizes the importance of personal transformation and communal relationships.