In Sermon Illustrations: "Forgiving One Another"

Bill Hybels: Difficult Forgiveness  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010

BILL HYBELS: DIFFICULT FORGIVENESS Everything we have seen about how to deal with difficult people when put to action will bring glory to God. We find this in an illustration from Bill Hybels: "A couple of years ago, a member of my church’s vocal team and I were invited by a Christian leader ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Forgiveness On A Kid's First Job

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009

FORGIVENESS ON A KID’S FIRST JOB Forgiveness was the most important lesson best-selling author Tony Hillerman learned as a kid on his first job. His story goes... "I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma (pop. 38). The old sharecropper lived about a mile ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Showing Forgiveness To Jim Bakker  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

SHOWING FORGIVENESS TO JIM BAKKER Former televangelist Jim Bakker speaks of events that occurred immediately after his release from prison: When I was transferred to my last prison, Franklin [Graham] said he wanted to help me out when I got out-with a job, a house to live in, and a car. It was my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:8-11

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, God's Provision, God's Forgiveness

Forgive Means "Let Go"  PRO

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 14, 2011

Forgive Means "Let Go" In the last few days there was an item on the news about residents in a local neighborhood finding a bobcat in their yard. A story we sometimes hear is about an alligator being found in a drainage ditch. We haven’t heard that this year, with the drought, but sometimes we ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:25

Tags: Forgiveness, Stand, Grievances, Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Baptist

Another Of Her Like Would Be Ophrah – Not A ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002

Another of her like would be Ophrah – not a witch, but described by Christianity Today as one of the most influential spiritual leaders in America today – perhaps even all over the western world where her program is shown. This ex baptist now espouses the view that “one of the biggest mistakes we ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6

Tags: Cults, Universalism

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

One Of Hitler's Bodyguards Was A Man Named Kurt ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 28, 2001

One of Hitler’s bodyguards was a man named Kurt Wagner. He adored Hitler and reverenced him as a god. At the end of the war, with Hitler a suicide in a Berlin bunker, Kurt’s faith was shattered and he planned a suicide. Going for a final cup of coffee, he picked up a discarded Gospel tract and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Tags: Grace, God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Wesleyan

One Time In College, I Was Sitting At A Table In ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 29, 2002

One time in college, I was sitting at a table in the student union having some lunch, when I overheard a buddy of mine complaining about all the “furry foreigners” at our college. I was blown away, and here’s the reason: his last name was Levondoski. You understand? He’s the descendant of ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, Racism

Denomination: Wesleyan

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

Salvation Is Not Mainly Forgiveness Of Sins It ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jul 10, 2003

“Salvation is not mainly forgiveness of sins it is mainly a fellowship with Jesus.” (John Piper. ...read more

Tags: Repentance, Salvation, E

Denomination: Baptist

Forgiveness Happens As Past Resentments Are ...

Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 28, 2003

“Forgiveness happens as past resentments are owned, not disowned; are recognized, not repressed; are released, not retained; and are woven into new ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Baptist

Cheap Grace Is The Preaching Of Forgiveness ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Tags: Grace, Discipleship

Denomination: Church Of God

Martin Luther King On Forgiveness

Contributed by Steve Moore on Nov 8, 2005

Martin Luther King, who said… “Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Forgiveness Does Not Change The Past, But It ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Is Better Than Revenge; For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness is better than revenge; for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Is The Answer To The Childs Dream ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness is the answer to the childs dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

The Ineffable Joy Of Forgiving And Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Saves The Expense Of Anger, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Is The Fragrance The Violet Sheds On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

It Is Very Easy To Forgive Others Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

The Public Is Wonderfully Tolerant. It Forgives ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives ...read more

Tags: Thought