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Home›Traditions›Reformed/Presbyterian

Reformed/Presbyterian Illustrations

God's absolute sovereignty, covenant theology, and Westminster Confessional standards.

Key question: “How does this text display God's sovereign grace and purpose, and ultimately bring glory to His name?”

23,968 sermon illustrations through the Reformed/Presbyterian lens

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The Bucket With No Bottom

In 2014, a financial planner named David Chen sat across from a couple in Portland, Oregon, who earned a combined $190,000 a year. They had...

Haggai 1:5-6Universal

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Vivid Retelling

The Storm and the Shipwreck: Acts 27:13-44

Cinematic retelling of Paul's shipwreck on the way to Rome

Universal

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The Man Who Left Gold Behind

In 1925, just months after winning Olympic gold in the 400 meters in Paris, Eric Liddell boarded a ship for northern China. The Scottish sprinter...

Colossians 3:1-4Universal

247 words

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The Invisible Shield Forty Miles Above Your Bed

Every night, while you sleep, the Earth faces an onslaught you never see. Thousands of meteoroids — some no bigger than a grain of sand,...

Psalm 121Universal

234 words

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Life Beneath the Ice

In 2012, a team of Russian scientists led by Svetlana Yashina made a discovery that stunned the botanical world. Buried in the Siberian permafrost —...

Universalhope

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The Stump at Ground Zero

In October 2001, workers clearing the wreckage at Ground Zero discovered a Callery pear tree buried beneath the rubble. It was barely alive — an...

Isaiah 11:1-10Universal

226 words

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The Race He Was Called to Run

In 1924, Eric Liddell arrived in Paris as Britain's fastest sprinter, heavily favored to win gold in the 100 meters. Then the schedule was posted....

Universalobedience

222 words

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The Woman Who Knocked on 137 Doors

In 2019, Maria Gonzalez walked into the Houston Public Library with a single question: how do you start a business when you have nothing? No...

Matthew 7:7-8Universal

253 words

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The Tree That Thrives on Stone

High in the White Mountains of eastern California, where the soil is almost pure limestone and rainfall barely reaches ten inches a year, stands a...

Habakkuk 3:17-19Universal

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The Lighthouse Keeper of Moelfre

On the night of October 27, 1859, a hurricane-force storm slammed into the Welsh coast at Moelfre. The Royal Charter, a clipper ship carrying 450...

Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9Universal

217 words

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The Prisoner Who Took Another Man's Place

In July 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. As punishment, the SS deputy commander Karl Fritzsch selected ten men from Block 14 to die by...

1 Peter 3:18-22Universal

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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

Margaret Knott grew up in the Bass Harbor Head Light on the rocky coast of Maine, where her father kept the lamp burning from 1895...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

244 words

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A Word Across the Void

In 1825, Samuel Morse was in Washington painting a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette when a horse messenger delivered a letter from his father:...

Genesis 1:1-3Universal

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The Nails of Coventry Cathedral

On the morning of November 15, 1940, the people of Coventry, England, emerged from their shelters to find their beloved medieval cathedral reduced to a...

Isaiah 2:1-5Universal

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The Day a Father Ran Onto the Track

Derek Redmond had trained for years for this moment. As the gun fired at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the British sprinter shot out of the...

Universalfaith

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The Bridge His Grandfather Started

In 1929, Joseph Strauss submitted his final design for the Golden Gate Bridge, but he never saw traffic cross it. He died just months after...

2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16Universal

234 words

Vivid Retelling

Worthy of the Kingdom: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Apostolic dictation of thanksgiving and judgment day vision

Universal

840 words

Vivid Retelling

Peace With God: Romans 5:1-11

Experiential vignette showing Romans 5:1-11 lived out

Universal

773 words

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The Grocery Store at Mile Twenty

In 2018, ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter was thirty hours into the Moab 240 — a grueling 240-mile race across the Utah desert. Her body screamed...

Luke 4:1-13Universal

261 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Genesis 44:1-34

As dawn breaks over the dusty roads of Canaan, imagine the tension in the air as Joseph’s brothers set out, eager to return home with grain, blissfully unaware of the trap that awaits them. The sun casts long shadows as...

Universal

335 words

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The Defragmenter of the Soul

If you owned a computer in the early 2000s, you probably remember running the disk defragmenter. Over time, your hard drive would scatter pieces of...

Universalhealing

238 words

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The Finish Line He Never Expected to Run Alone

On July 3, 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, endured twenty-two...

Universalhope

228 words

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The Deepest Dive

In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh climbed into the Trieste bathyscaphe and descended nearly seven miles into the Mariana Trench — the deepest known...

Universalcourage

227 words

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The Note He Could No Longer Hear

In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood on stage at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna for the premiere of his Ninth Symphony. He faced the...

Universalgrace

243 words