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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
Revelation 7:9-17 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
When Psalm 42 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 17:5-10 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 15:1-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
If Revelation 21:1-6 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 148 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 12:49-56 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
1 Samuel 16: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 6:39-49 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 10:25-37 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Luke 11:1-13 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
1 Peter 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 98 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
1 Corinthians 15: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Philippians 3:4b-14 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
If Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
In 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 138 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
1 Peter 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.