Sermon Illustrations about Stories
Home > Illustrations > Topics > S > Stories
Find fresh sermon illustrations on Stories to help bring your sermon to life.
The Art of Parables
You cannot tell people what to do, you can only tell them parables; and that is what art really is, particular stories of particular people and experiences. ...
[Read More]
Stories: Preparation for Life
Children love stories. Even in an age of computer games and electronic toys, there is still resonant power in the phrase "Once upon a time ..." ...
[Read More]
The Film '127 Hours' Shows Our Need for Love and Community
The film 127 Hours tells the true story of then 27-year-old Aron Ralston. In 2003, while hiking in Blue John Canyon in Utah, Ralston was trapped by a ...
[Read More]
The Stories We Love Will Shape Our Character
Professor Daniel Taylor notes that as a child Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian leader who was executed for resisting the Nazis, was greatly moved by reading ...
[Read More]
The Shortest Complete Story Reveals Life's Brokenness
[This] is often called the shortest complete story in English, supposedly written by Ernest Hemingway. It is only six words long:
"For sale: baby shoes, ...
[Read More]
Secular Author Tries to "Take the Bible Literally"
A book titled The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible came out a few years ago. It was written ...
[Read More]
Statistics about Our Immersion in Video Stories
In his book Popcultured, Steve Turner offers the following two ways to illustrate our fervent consumption of popular culture:
The filmmaker Paul Schrader ...
[Read More]
We Find Our Own Stories in the Bible's Stories
In late 2012 seventy-five year old Marion Shurtleff purchased a Bible in a used book store near her home in San Clemente, California. After making her ...
[Read More]
Star Wars Film Shows We Need Good Stories
According to an article in The New York Times, "The Walt Disney Company's Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned roughly $517 million in worldwide ticket ...
[Read More]
Our Brains Are Wired to Connect Via Stories
The power of story is getting unlikely attention. In a fascinating collaboration, literary scholars and neuroscientists have teamed up to explore the ...
[Read More]