Sermon Illustrations

Category: Raymund Ortlund

  • Individuals are judged in eternity,

    Individuals are judged in eternity, but nations are judged in time Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Because Jesus is the one

    Because Jesus is the one through whom God will judge the world and bring us into eternal peace, he is the reason we can now live with redemptive tolerance. Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • "The certainty of God’s just

    "The certainty of God’s just judgement at the end of history is the presupposition for the renunciation of violence in the middle of it." Moroslav Volf Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • The triumph of Jesus will

    The triumph of Jesus will not be the rise of religion. His salvation is not confining that way, even as private bliss. Nor will he set us in clouds to play harps and sing in massed choirs forever. The victory of Jesus will be the awakening and purifying and restoring and gladdening of all things…

  • In our quest for fullness

    In our quest for fullness of the Spirit, we have sometimes forgotten that a Spirit filled intelligence is one of the powerful weapons for pulling down Satanic strongholds. – Richard Lovelace Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Social justice thrives when people

    Social justice thrives when people have such a sense of God that they embrace life as a meaningful whole to the benefit of all around. Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • The power of grace does

    The power of grace does not lie in spiritual moderation but in deep, repeated gulps of the Spirit. Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Isaiah’s contemporaries resisted God’s relevance

    Isaiah’s contemporaries resisted God’s relevance to the whole of life – "the eyes of his glory." To be forgiven, yes. To be protected, yes. But beyond that they did not want God to be too real. They wanted a compartmentalised God, and this is what did them in. Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah:…

  • The warning for every generation

    The warning for every generation is this: One way God judges his people is by depriving them of worthy leaders. The centre no longer holds Raymund OrtlundClick to TweetFrom the book “Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (Preaching the Word)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • We think of ourselves as

    We think of ourselves as sophisticated but the fact is that we are too easily impressed. Our self confidence keeps us from walking in the light of the Lord. So God is calling us to take a bold step. "The greatest need of man is to reject man" and humbly live for the glory of…