In Sermon Illustrations: "Ground"

True Faith Is Grounded In True Discipleship

Contributed by Brandon Sirolli on Jun 23, 2017

The Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to two flight attendants called into the cockpit of a small passenger jet. There the captain of the airliner told them the jet would soon crash and they needed to hand out parachutes but do so in an orderly manner so as not to cause problems. The two talked it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:31-38

Tags: Truth, Cost Of Discipleship, Prosperity Gospel, Faith, Discipleship  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hope Needs A Foundation – A Reasonable Grounds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Hope needs a foundation – a reasonable grounds for confidence in its fulfillment. There’s a story From Parade magazine about a self-made millionaire, who greatly changed the lives of a sixth-grade class in East Harlem. This man had been asked to speak to a class of 59 sixth-graders. What could he ...read more

Tags: Character

Unsteady Ground: Just Keep Going

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008

UNSTEADY GROUND: JUST KEEP GOING Have you ever stepped on ground that seemed unsteady, but you really had to go on, just to get where you were going? Just recently we took a trip up to the (northern part of South Korea) Hwacho’n area and then down to the Chuncho’n areas. We stopped at a nice ...read more

Tags: Trust

Pator Dave Kinney: "Faith Is Grounded In The ...

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 24, 2008

Pator Dave Kinney: "Faith is grounded in the confidence of God's presence in today's unsettledness and the conviction in ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Leveling The Ground! (10.21.05--That ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 19, 2005

Leveling the Ground! (10.21.05--That Person!--Genesis 5:3-5) As I paid for my fuel purchase in he came. Everyone in town knew him as just plain Frank. He was dirty, loud and smelly. Most people avoided him because he was just different from most other folks. He didn’t bath or shower but once in a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 5:3-5

Tags: Racism

Denomination: Lutheran

On September 23, 1908, At The Polo Grounds In New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

On September 23, 1908, at the Polo Grounds in New York City, there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs were battling for the National League pennant, with the score tied at 1-1. The Giants had two men on base: 19-year-old Fred Merkle on first ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Picture A Coin Falling Toward The Ground Under ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 19, 2006

“Picture a coin falling toward the ground under the influence of gravity. In itself, that coin is powerless to overcome the downward pull of this earth. It is in its very nature to fall. But before it has gone far, someone reaches out an arm, holds the coin firmly in his hand, and then lifts it ...read more

Our Ground Of Hope Is That God Does Not Weary Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Our ground of hope is that God does not ...read more

Tags: Faith

Show Me A Man With Both Feet On The Ground, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Show me a man with both feet on the ground, and Ill show you a man ...read more

Tags: Creation

Slums May Well Be Breeding-Grounds Of Crime, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Charles Spurgeon Said, "...on The Ground Of L...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008

Charles Spurgeon said, "...On the ground of law, if he would deserve eternal life as a reward, he must be as good as GOD, and keep the commandments to perfection. There the rugged way of works was set before him; not that he might attempt to win eternal life, but that he might perceive his own ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Vernon Grounds Writes, "A Friend Told Me Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001

Vernon Grounds writes, “A friend told me of an incident that happened while he was in seminary. Since the school had no gymnasium, he and his friends played basketball in a nearby public school. Nearby, an elderly janitor waited patiently until they finished playing. Invariably he sat there reading ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Baptist

Vernon Grounds Writes, "A Friend Told Me Of An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005

Vernon Grounds writes, “A friend told me of an incident that happened while he was in seminary. Since the school had no gymnasium, he and his friends played basket ball in a nearby public school. Nearby, an elderly janitor waited patiently until the finished playing. Invariably he sat there ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Aye, Call It Holy Ground, The Soil Where First ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod They left unstained what there ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Never Look Down To Test The Ground Before Taking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Middle Age: When You're Grounded For Several ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Middle age: when you're grounded for several days after ...read more

Tags: Aging

C. S. Lewis Said, "There Is No Neutral Ground In ...

Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 16, 2007

C. S. Lewis said, "There is no neutral ground in the universe: every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

C. S. Lewis Wrote, "There's No Neutral Ground In ...

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 5, 2008

C. S. Lewis wrote, “There’s no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every minute of every hour is ...read more

Tags: Satan

Denomination: Baptist

[159]. A Message From A Poem – Good Seed In The Thorny Ground

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025

[159]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOOD SEED IN THE THORNY GROUND This poem was written for a recent message in a series I am currently doing on the Parables of the Kingdom from Matthew 13. It relates to the third soil type in the parable known as The Sower, {{Matthew 13:22 “The one on whom seed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:31-34, Ephesians 5:11, Matthew 13:22

Tags: Riches, Priorities, Choked, Good Seed, Parable Of The Sower, Worries, Thorny Ground, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Loving The Outcasts  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009

LOVING THE OUTCASTS One of the more remarkable movements of modern times is Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they might solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Although it is ...read more

Scripture: John 4:9

Tags: Action, Thirst, Common Ground, Christian Love