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God's universal love, the necessity of a personal response to grace, and the importance of holy living.
Key question: “How does this text call for a personal decision of faith and empower the believer to live a holy life?”
23,510 sermon illustrations through the Arminian/Wesleyan lens
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 Psalm 65 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Matthew 5:1-12 12:32-40 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
John 4:5-42 Luke 12:13-21 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 66:1-12 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Colossians 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Matthew 4:1-11 14:25-33 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 14:1, 7-14 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Revelation 7:9-17 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Matthew 5–7: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Revelation 21:1-6 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 12:49-56 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Romans 1:1-7 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 14:25-33 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Luke 23:33-43 Luke 13:10-17, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
If Psalm 126 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Matthew 4:12-23 18:9-14 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Psalm 14 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Isaiah 53: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.