Sermon illustrations: Obedience

Day of Obedience

Father’s Day is that one time of the year when I get complete obedience from every member of my...

The Cost of Obedience

Pierre Barlot was a gunner in the fort of Mont Valerin during the Prussian siege of Paris. One day...

Trust and Obey God

In 1999 John F. Kennedy Jr. flew his small airplane from New York City to his family home in...

Flying in the Clouds

A recently licensed pilot was flying his private plane in a cloudy day. He was not very experienced...

The Book of Reevaluation

In one Peanuts comic strip Sally was struggling with her memory verse for Sunday. She was absorbed...

She Gave Her Children

A missions director once met with the mother of one of his agency’s missionaries and spent some...

Training Arabian Horses

Arabian horses are trained rigorously in the  middle eastern deserts. The horses must learn to...

Afraid of the Master’s Touch

Mendelssohn once visited the cathedral at Fribourg, and having heard the great organ, went into the...

Follow God’s Call

When Adoniram Judson graduated from college and seminary he received a call from a fashionable...

The Walk of the Christian

A father and son arrived in a small western town looking for an uncle whom they had never seen....

The Obedience of a Dog

Archibald Rutledge tells about a man who worked in one of the great forests of the South. His...

Be on God's Side

During the civil war Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast. One of...

Following Orders

Roger Staubach, who led the Dallas Cowboys to the Super Bowl victory in 1971, admitted that his...

Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice

A businessman well known for his ruthlessness once announced to writer Mark Twain, “Before I die I...