In Sermon Illustrations: "Forgive Them"

Corrie Ten Boom On Forgiveness

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022

Corrie Ten Boom had her entire family killed in a Nazi concentration camp for hiding Jews in their home. In her book, “The Hiding Place” she writes: It was at a church service in Munich that I saw him, a former S.S. man who had stood guard at the shower room door in the processing center at ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:13

Tags: Grace, Forgiveness

Snowflakes Are Frail, But If Enough Of Them Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2001

Snowflakes are frail, but if enough of them get together they can stop ...read more

Poetry Is The Renewal Of Words, Setting Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and thats what a poet is ...read more

Tags: Art

That Would Be A Good Thing For Them To Carve On ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"That would be a good thing for them to carve on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Friends Are An Aid To The Young, To Guard Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Face Your Deficiencies And Acknowledge Them; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

They Have Great Powers, And They Waste Them ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"They have great powers, and they waste them pitifully, for they have not the greater power the ...read more

Tags: Self

If Leaders Are To Do What Is Required Of Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If leaders are to do what is required of them and to withstand the inherent pressures in their positions, then ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

Success And Failure. We Think Of Them As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they are really not. They're ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Never Let Them See The Glory

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 9, 2008

NEVER LET THEM SEE THE GLORY C.S. Lewis wrote the book, "The Screwtape Letters". In the book, "Screwtape" is the Devil and his demon is "Wormwood". This is what the Devil says to the demon about Christianity: "Wormwood, the church is fertile field if you keep them bickering over details, ...read more

Tags: Church Growth

Denomination: Baptist

If I Didn't Love Them...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 31, 2009

"IF I DIDN'T LOVE THEM..." A man visited a home where there were five children. He was supposed to be a kind of "godfather" to them and was trying to get involved with them on their level. He asked one of the little girls about her doll collection: "Which one is your favorite?" "Promise you ...read more

Tags: Grace, Love, Mercy, God

Denomination: Baptist

Go Back And Tell Them Again  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009

GO BACK AND TELL THEM AGAIN Jesus said "Follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men." In a book entitled "Jungle Harvest," written by a missionary named Ruby Scott, she describes some of her experiences in reaching a people group known as the Tila Indians who lived in a remote village in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

People Dare God To Send Them To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009

People Dare God to Send Them to Hell J. Michael Shannon tells how some young people put up a web site to encourage atheism. The site invited people to dare God to send them to hell. More than 400 young people took the challenge. People who took the challenge received a free copy of documentation ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 53:1

Tags: Atheism

Hurricane Victims' Suffering Lead Them To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010

Hurricane Victims’ Suffering Lead Them to Christ 38-year-old Carlotta Bennett was riding out Hurricane Katrina in her attic with her family. The winds had blown her house way off its foundation, and the rising water was threatening to flood the house to the roof and drown the five people in the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Tags: Suffering Joy In

Tell Them I Am Coming

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 7, 2012

TELL THEM I AM COMING I really liked the movies that were made about a decade ago regarding the life of Wyatt Earp. One was made starring Kevin Costner and the other with Kurt Russell. I remember a scene in the one with Kurt Russell where after one of his brothers ...read more

Tags: Judgment

Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 14, 2014

SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:16

Tags: Humor, Preacher Bloopers, Holy Kiss

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Melt The Saints And Get Them Into Circulation!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 4, 2022

During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, there was a shortage of currency in the British Empire. Representatives carefully searched the nation in hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency. After one month, the committee returned with its report. "We have searched the Empire in vain seeking ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Evangelism, Church, Gospel, Witnessing, Lost, Great Commission  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stone And Sand  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2002

STONE AND SAND A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME ...read more

Tags: Mercy, Relationships, Friendship, Forgiveness For Others, Forgiveness  (view more)  (view less)

Simple Confession, Profound Forgiveness  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001

SIMPLE CONFESSION, PROFOUND FORGIVENESS In 1818 one out of six women who had children died of something called "childbirth fever." A doctor’s daily routine back then started in the dissecting room, where he performed autopsies, and from there he made his rounds to examine expectant mothers. No one ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:9

Tags: Forgiveness, Cleansing, Confession Of Sin, Lord's Supper, Mothers, God's Forgiveness  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Should I Not Forgive?  PRO

Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jul 13, 2002

WHY SHOULD I NOT FORGIVE? Deweese Eunick (mother of a 6 year old girl, killed by a 12 year old boy who was wrestling with her) The boy, Lionel Tate was being sentenced for life in prison for this murder. The mother said to reporters on ABC, "It’s more that he’s a human being, you know?" she ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:25, John 5:5

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Baptist