Sermon illustrations: Pride

The Mouth of the Fool

When the Cornerstone Bank in Waco, Nebraska, was robbed of some $6,000 in November of 2012, the...

Dishonesty Always Catches up to You

Just five days after accepting the position as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football...

John Bunyan on Humility

He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God...

The Wisdom of Silence

One of Aesop’s fables concerned a turtle who envied the ducks who swam in the pond where he lived....

Receiving Honor

Lenny Skutnik had no intention of being a hero that day. The staffer at the Congressional Budget...

You Can’t Take it Back

In the washroom of a place of business in London, British newspaper publisher William Beaverbrook...

The Emptiness of Flattery

King Canute ruled over Denmark, Norway, and England more than one thousand years ago. A wise ruler...

Avoiding Pride

The story is told of two women in Shanghai who were discussing the topic of pride and began to...

He Was Turned Away from Church

During Mahatma Gandhi’s student days he read the Gospels and thought that maybe he had found the...

He Applauded His Own Speech

Ronald Reagan, told the following story: “I once addressed a very large, distinguished audience in...

Use the Right Measuring Stick

A self-righteous man once boasted to a Christian friend of his, “You know, John, I’m not such a bad...

They Couldn’t Hit an Elephant

During the Battle of Spotsylvania in the Civil War, Union general John Sedgwick was inspecting his...

Superman and Muhammad Ali

In Muhammad Ali’s heyday as the heavy weight champion in boxing, he had taken his seat on a 747...

Stressful Vacations

Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall...

A Proud Turtle

A turtle once wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He...

The Danger of Comparison

“Don’t be guilty of comparing your accomplishments or performances with those of any other preacher...

Invictus

Timothy McVeigh was executed for bombing the federal building in Oklahoma. He did not speak any...

A Clever Salesman

The story is told about a clever salesman who closed hundreds of sales with this line: “Let me...

The Sergeant in Charge of Nothing

There was an authority-hungry sergeant in the Air Force. This man made sure everyone...

The Making of a CEO

The story is told about a CEO of a fortune 500 company who pulled into a service station to get gas...

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