Sermon illustrations: Spiritual Growth

Growing in the Lord

A group of tourists visiting a picturesque village walked by an old man sitting beside a fence. In...

The Book of Reevaluation

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

Sinning after Salvation

The story is told of a young girl who accepted Christ as her Saviour and applied for membership in...

Triumph Requires Sacrifice

During World War II a young soldier named David Webster of Easy Company of the 101st Airborne wrote...

Get Up Again

The story is told that Andrew Jackson’s boyhood friends just couldn’t understand how he became a...

Activity Cannot Compensate for a Lack of Love

“A wife or husband may remain faithful and may give evidence of careful attention in matters...

Refining Silver

In the 1800s, a group of women met to study the Bible in Dublin. They were puzzled by the words of...

Steamboat Race

Clovis Chappell, a minister from a century back, used to tell the story of two steamboats. They...

Salvation Takes Place in an Instant

“Professor Drummond once described a man going into one of our after-meetings and saying he wanted...

Give Yourself to God

A young man was eager to grow in His Christian life. He got a piece of paper and made a list of all...

Pressing on the Upward Way

“Between an airplane and every other form of locomotion and transportation there is one great...

Sanctification Demonstrated by an Iceberg

The process of sanctification can be compared to an iceberg, which is almost 90% under water. As...

Under New Management

After businesses were ravaged by bombs during World War II the owners would often clear away the...

Hunger Makes for a Good Meal

The French have a proverb, which states, “A good meal ought to begin with hunger.” It is hard to...

The Purpose of Afflictions

Repeated afflictions come, not as lightning on the scathed tree, blasting it yet more and more,...

Continually Growing

Pablo Casals was considered the greatest cellist to ever live. When he was 95 years old he was...

Sunday School Statistics

Eighty-five percent of church members who were formerly unchurched said that they are active in...

Twice His

 A little boy carried his new boat to the river. He placed it in the water and let out the...

Churches Are for Mending Lives

Jim Corley met his friend, Alex, at the dealership where Alex worked. “Jim, I feel like a...

Growing in Sanctification

I am not what I might be, I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, I am not what I...

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