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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?”
23,561 sermon illustrations through the Arminian/Wesleyan lens
Luke 2:15-21 79:1-9 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
1 Peter 3:18-22 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b 107:1-9, 43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Isaiah 5:1-7 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Jeremiah 31: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 27 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 18:9-14 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
2 Corinthians 5: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 17:5-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Psalm 130 Psalm 79:1-9 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 15: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Exodus 24:12-18 Jeremiah 18:1-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 12:49-56 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 67 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Acts 16:16-34 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 12:32-40 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Matthew 24:36-44 31:27-34 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Amos 7:7-17 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Hebrews 11: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.