Tag: Sermon illustrations
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When you forgive, you pay | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical exposition Keller explains the three shocking aspects of the death of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53:The violence of His death.The vicarious nature of His death.The voluntary nature of His death.He then explains how Jesus could voluntarily suffer in our place to forgive our sins.He draws on a statement by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Illustration –…
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The metaphysical second-chance comedy | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical exposition Keller explains that the Gospel does not merely tell us to change our behaviour. It gives us a new understanding of ourselves through the work of Christ.He refers to a movie review in The New York Times. Illustration – A second chance to become a new personThere was a recent movie review in…
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The artist and the bulldozer | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical exposition Keller explains why worship changes the heart. Christian transformation happens when we grasp how much Jesus Christ loves us and what He sacrificed for us.He compares Christ’s sacrifice to an artist’s love for his work. Illustration – The artist and the bulldozer > If you saw an artist who’d done a beautiful sculpture…and…
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Doubt is also a form of faith | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical exposition Keller explains that everybody is converted by something. Even people who reject Christianity have a worldview that shapes their identity, values and understanding of life. He uses an article by Mark Lilla, a professor at the University of Chicago, to demonstrate this. Sermon Illustration – Doubt is also a form of faith The…
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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 musical Oklahoma! Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Biblical expositionJesus describes a younger son demanding his inheritance while his father is still alive. Keller explains how shocking this request would have been in the ancient Middle Eastern world. The father’s land was not simply property or money. It represented his identity, family standing and place in the community. Selling a third of it…
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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 Power of Expectations | Tim Keller Sermon Illustrations
Lane Arthur was in a taxi in New York, right? When was it? Yesterday? And he was in a taxi, and when he was in a taxi, another taxi came up and rammed the end of the taxi that he was in. What did the taxi drivers do? What did they do? Nothing. They just…
