In Sermon Illustrations: "James 2:14-26" showing 1-20 of 37

Position Versus Discipleship

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Jun 7, 2013

POSITION VERSUS DISCIPLESHIP C. Gene Wilkes, in his book Jesus on Leadership, says, "Confusion arises when you equate higher 'positions' with leadership . . . As long as 'position' is honored above discipleship -- being a follower -- church leaders will honor the ambitious over the obedient." We ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

You're Going To Play Baseball This Summer  PRO

Contributed by Paul Steen on May 19, 2013

YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY BASEBALL THIS SUMMER Joshua 14:12, James 2:26 A little boy named Jimmy was about 13 years old. He grew up with his brother in a very poor family not too far from downtown. Their dad was very sick and could not work. They had food to eat every morning and evening, but he and ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 14:12, James 2:26

Tags: Faith, Believe, Trust, Work, Action, Encouragement, Desire, Zeal, Fulfillment, Promises Of God, Bible Truth, Allegory, Commandments General, Faith Vs. Works  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Almost Giving

Contributed by Sermoncentral on May 21, 2012

ALMOST GIVING One of the Ad Council's most effective public service commercials is the "Don't Almost Give" campaign. One ad shows a man with crutches struggling to go up a flight of steps. The narrator says, "This man almost learned to walk at a rehab center that almost got built by people who ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:38, James 2:16

Tags: Giving General

Angels Of Reconciliation  PRO

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012

ANGELS OF RECONCILIATION With his life in disarray, Steven Lavaggi sat on his bedroom’s wooden floor, and began searching his Bible for answers. His wife had just left him to marry a writer for The Rolling Stone Magazine. Ten days later, Steven discovered his son was stricken with Juvenile ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17, James 2:15-20, James 2:1-3:28, Genesis 12:1-13:13, Leviticus 12:6-13:8  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: God Brings Purpose

Denomination: Methodist

Vacant Homes, Vacant Lives  PRO

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Jun 9, 2011

VACANT HOMES, VACANT LIVES TIFTON, GA — The most interesting thing about Tifton is an abandoned Victorian house filled with thousands of bats. Tift County declared the once-elegant house in the town’s historic district off limits after a bat specialist said that maybe 20,000 bats had moved in, ...read more

Scripture: Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:11-16, Luke 11:1-13, Galatians 5:22-23, Psalms 84:1-12, John 2:13-23, Luke 7:36-50, John 1:46-56, James 2:14-26, Luke 11:24-26, Matthew 12:43-45, Matthew 12:44-45  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Bible Influence

Just Follow Directions  PRO

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Apr 5, 2011

JUST FOLLOW DIRECTIONS Robert Kupferschmid was an 81-year old man who had no flying experience. However, due to a tragic emergency, he was forced to fly an airplane. On June 17, 1998, he and his 52-year-old pilot friend, Wesley Sickle, were flying from Indianapolis to Muncie, Indiana. During the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Picture Of Cheese

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 23, 2010

PICTURE OF CHEESE I heard a story about a man who had a mouse in his house and his wife wanted him to catch it. His problem was that he didn’t have any cheese (and did not want to buy it). So he cut a picture of cheese out of a magazine and placed it in the trap. He thought, "I’ll just fool the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:22-25

Tags: Hypocrisy

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Underdoing Personal Responsibility

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Aug 5, 2010

UNDERDOING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Craig Groeschel, a well known pastor and author of the "Christian Atheist" says: "As Christians, we can be tempted to 'overdo faith.' I put that in quotes because it would be more accurate to say it's 'underdoing personal responsibility.' There's really no ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Love Me First, Then Witness To Me

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Feb 28, 2010

LOVE ME FIRST, THEN WITNESS TO ME In our lesson we have seen that faith without works is useless. It cannot be demonstrated, it cannot change a person, it is not perfected, and it is dead! Our faith does not help us, or others, until it causes us to act. Once a chaplain walked up to a wounded ...read more

Scripture: James 2:21-24

Tags: Christian Witness

Roll-Up-Your-Shirt-Sleeves Christianity  PRO

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Oct 26, 2009

ROLL-UP-YOUR-SHIRT-SLEEVES CHRISTIANITY When DAVE THOMAS died in early 2002, he left behind more than just thousands of Wendy’s restaurants. He also left a legacy of being a practical, hard-working man who was respected for his down-to-earth values. Among the pieces of good advice that have ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26, Luke 10:1-10, Romans 15:1-13

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Pulling On Both Oars  PRO

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Oct 26, 2009

PULLING ON BOTH OARS An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the good old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith" and on the other oar the word "Works." Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of these oars. The old man, being a ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26, James 5:1-7

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Be Warm And ...

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Apr 7, 2009

BE WARM AND FILLED! What does it mean that God has placed Christ’s church in our hands? One of the most stirring indictments on the church ever penned was made by Charles Schultz many years ago. Snoopy is shivering out in a snowstorm beside an empty food dish. He was looking longingly, ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Servanthood

An Old Scotsman Operated A Little Rowboat For ...

Contributed by Sermoncentral on Apr 2, 2008

An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the old man had carved on one oar the word “faith” and on the other oar the word “works.” Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man, being a well balanced Christian and glad of ...read more

Scripture: James 2:17, James 2:20, Hebrews 11:6, Titus 1:16, Titus 3:8  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Faith, Works

The Story Of Lawyer And A Doctor  PRO

Contributed by Kelly Fellows on Dec 7, 2007

The Story of Lawyer and a Doctor A doctor was being sued for malpractice – the new lawyer on the case was anxious to win his case Question: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? Answer: No. Question: Did you check for blood pressure? Answer: No. Question: Did ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Faith, Work

Denomination: Foursquare

An Old Scotsman Operated A Little Rowboat For ...  PRO

Contributed by Craig West on Dec 10, 2004

An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day one of the passengers noticed that the good old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith," and on the other oar "Works." Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man being a well-balanced Christian and glad ...read more

Scripture: James 2:17

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Baptist

Tim Bowden, In His Book One Crowded Hour About ...  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004

Tim Bowden, in his book One Crowded Hour about cameraman Neil Davis, tells about an incident that happened in Borneo during the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia in 1964. A group of Gurkhas from Nepal were asked if they would be willing to jump from transport planes into combat against ...read more

Scripture: James 2:17

Tags: Examples Of Faith

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It Is That Kind Of Faith Which Would Lead A Man ...

Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 23, 2004

“It is that kind of faith which would lead a man to take a bottle of medicine from his medicine cabinet. Looking at the instructions on it, he says, I’m sure they’re correct. I have all confidence in the source of the medicine. I know who wrote these directions. I believe everything about it. ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Doubt, Faith General

Denomination: Baptist

In "Share Jesus Without Fear", Bill Fay Speaks ...

Contributed by Robbie Peay on Apr 19, 2004

In “Share Jesus Without Fear”, Bill Fay speaks very bluntly about the sin of silence. He states that believers sin when they remain silent and do not share Jesus with others. He says that the sin of silence is a deadly sin and he’s right. We erroneously think that by remaining silent about our ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-20

Denomination: Baptist

A Faith Without Works Is Dead. It Is As W.t. ...

Contributed by Steven Dow on Apr 1, 2004

A faith without works is dead. It is as W.T. Purkiser said, “A religion of externals is a ghost, spirit without body. But a subjective faith without ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Faith General

Trying To Win Their Case Some Lawyers Have Been ...  PRO

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004

Trying to win their case some lawyers have been known to ask some incredibly unbelievable questions. The Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyer’s Journal gave the following example: Question: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? Answer: No. Question: Did you check ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26, James 2:14-17

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Assembly Of God