Sermon illustrations Resistance The Embodiment of their Hopes I have been reading Julian Jackson’s biography of Charles de Gaulle — it’s exceptional, so far — and I find myself meditating on a story Jackson tells near the beginning of the book. In June of...
Sermon illustrations Coffee/Caffeine Caffeine: The Easy Attractor Scientists recently discovered a handful of species that produce caffeine in their nectar, which is the last place you would expect a plant to serve up a poisonous beverage. These plants have...
Sermon illustrations Saints Christians as Saints For a long time all Christians called each other “saints.” They were all saints regardless of how well or badly they lived, of how experienced or inexperienced they were. The word saint did not refer to the quality or...
Sermon Illustrations on Exhaustion Overextending Ourselves & The Tyranny of the Urgent In his highly insightful work, Inside Job, Stephen W. Smith shares the importance of finding balance, even as life seems to pull us in different directions: Overextending...
Sermon illustrations Funerals The Great, Perfect Box To me, if life boils down to one significant thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving. Unfortunately, this means that for the rest of our lives we’re going to be looking for boxes. When you’re moving, your...
Sermon illustrations Worry I am Baptized If you’ve read or watched any of the biographies of Martin Luther, you will already know that he struggled at times with bouts of anxiety, self-loathing, and perhaps even depression. Shortly after his unwillingness to renounce...
