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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
If Jeremiah 17:5-10 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
James 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Psalm 71:1-6 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Colossians 3: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Timothy 6:6-19 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Luke 23:33-43 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 2:1-11 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 4:1-13 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:16-20 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
John 1:29-42 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 3:1-12 18:9-14 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Genesis 45:3-11, 15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 25:31-46 32:1-3a, 6-15 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
When Ephesians 3:1-12 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Hebrews 11: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Acts 11:1-18 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Proverbs 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
In John 13:31-35, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
In 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Matthew 25:31-46 Luke 12:49-56 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.