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There are numerous online sources for sermon illustrations or illustration ideas, but I thought I would tell my fellow elders or Bible teachers out there about a couple of my favorites.

First is the user-friendly, easy to search and navigate Sermon Illustrations section at Bible.org. This is just one of the helpful features that makes Bible.org one of the sites I frequent most when doing personal Bible Study or when preparing to teach.

Second is SID, the free Sermon & Illustration Database. Once you have downloaded the free software, you can then go to the David Holwick’s Kerux Illustration and Sermon Database site to download some sermon/illustration sets. The database sets are updated periodically so that the list just keeps growing.

David Holwick has also provided a list of Questionable Sermon Illustrations, what he calls “illustrations that are too good to be true.”

If you are like me and need a good source of input for sermon illustration ideas, I highly recommend these resources.

Published by Keith Throop

I am currently serving as the primary teaching elder of Immanuel Baptist Church in Bloomington, Illinois, where I have been since 1993. My fellow-elders are George Drye, Brent Flint, and Ben Murphy, each of whom also resides in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Together, by the grace of God, we make up one pretty good pastor! I received my B.A. in Biblical Studies from Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) in Columbia, South Carolina. And I received my M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. And, by the way, my last name has a silent 'h' and is pronounced 'troop.'

4 thoughts on “Online Sources for Sermon Illustrations”

  1. Hi there. I’ve been trying to download SID from the authors website but the link seems to be dead. An e-mail stayed unanswered.I would really like to have the program. Would you be so kind to sent it to me by e-mail? My adress is afvaldoosje@gmail.comThanks in advance and God bless you! Sean.

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  2. John,Not all email programs will allow one to send or receive .exe files. So, I decided just to upload it to my Downloads page at http://www.PastorThroop.comIf you go there and select ‘Software” under the ‘Select Category’ drop-down menu, you should be able to download it with no problem.

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  3. Thanks so much pastor Throop. I see this as a blessing. I will download it when coming home from work today. That God may bless you and your ministry!.

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