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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
In Luke 9:28-36, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
1 Peter 2: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 Psalm 65 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
When Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Ezekiel 37: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 107:1-9, 43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Galatians 3: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Luke 9:51-62 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Genesis 45:3-11, 15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Philemon 1-21 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 22:14-23:56 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 3:13-17 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Revelation 21: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Galatians 3:23-29 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Luke 4:1-13 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 90: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Acts 10:34-43 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.