Sermon Illustrations

Who has ever heard the name, Edward D. Kimball? Doesn’t ring a bell? Well, let me tell you about him. Many years ago, Mr. Kimball was a Sunday School teacher at Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Chicago. It was a tiny little church, and Mr. Kimball’s class consisted of just a handful of teenage boys. One Sunday morning, a new boy came to class who had been attending church by himself for a few weeks. The boy was unchurched and couldn’t even find the Gospel of John in the Bible Mr. Kimball gave him. After the boy had been to Sunday School for a few weeks, Mr. Kimball decided to visit him and talk to him about salvation. The boy worked in a shoe store, and Mr. Kimball was nervous about witnessing to him. He paced back and forth in front of the store several times before he worked up the courage to walk in. Finally, he stormed in, put his arm on the boy’s shoulder and nervously gave him the Gospel. Right there, in the back of that shoe store in Chicago, Dwight L. Moody, one of the greatest evangelists the world has ever known, gave his life to Christ. Through Moody’s ministry, hundreds of thousands of people have come to know Jesus. A few...

Continue reading this sermon illustration (Free with PRO)

Related Sermon Illustrations

Related Sermons