Category: Sin
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Santa Claus and the naughty-or-nice list | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical exposition Isaiah 56:1 says:“Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand.” At first glance, this sounds as though people must behave well to earn salvation. Keller explains that this would contradict the Bible’s teaching about salvation by grace. Illustration – Better watch out, better not cry Keller refers…
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Avoiding Jesus by avoiding sin |Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical exposition Keller explains the surprising truth that the older brother can be just as lost as the younger brother. His obedience is motivated by a desire to control his father and obtain benefits. He refers to Flannery O’Connor’s novel Wise Blood. Illustration – Avoiding Jesus by avoiding sin > Flannery O’Connor in Wise Blood,…
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The Junior High Resume | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
“When I was a junior in high school, maybe this happened to you. My parents kept coming to me—my mother would keep coming to me and saying, ‘You know, honey, go out for the chess club.’ I said, ‘Mom, I hate chess.’ ‘Yeah, I know,’ she says, ‘but it would look so good on your…
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Murray G. Brett | The dense forest of the Pacific Northwest
The dense forest of the Pacific Northwest, and we’ve been there, we got out and walked, it’s incredible. I’ll try as best I can to describe a little bit. The dense forest of the Pacific Northwest hold unrivaled, and we use the word natural beauty, natural beauty, but they also hold danger. They’re a maze…
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Choosing a Side: The End of Neutrality | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Here’s Switzerland, neutral in the middle of World War II. And Switzerland is neutral during World War II, and the Allies are battling the Axis and so on, and because they’re neutral, they might have some skirmishes around the edges, but basically they’re not at war. If they come into the war on the side…
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The Garbage Man and the Forgiveness of Sin |Dr. Kevin DeYoung Sermon Illustrations
Tomorrow is a great day at the DeYoung house, because Monday is garbage day. We have a lot of garbage. When you add recycling, we have two of those big bins for garbage and three for recycling. So, when it’s all there and lined up, five huge bins. Five! God bless the garbage man. He…
