In Sermon Illustrations: "Honoring The Pastor"

Humility Vs. Humiliation

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Feb 9, 2011

HUMILITY VS. HUMILIATION Have you ever thought about the difference between 'humility' and 'humiliation'? There is a significant difference. Humility is the voluntary and willful choice to accept one’s place and position, whereas, humiliation is the forcing of an unwilling participant into their ...read more

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Baptist

A Life Spent Making Mistakes Is Not Only More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

All The Great Things Are Simple, And Many Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; ...read more

Tags: Greatness

Serious, Careful, Honest Journalism Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Serious, careful, honest journalism is essential, not because it is a guiding light but because it is a form of honorable ...read more

Tags: News

Thomas Carlyle Once Said, "Show Me The Man You ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2007

Thomas Carlyle once said, “Show me the man you honor and I will know ...read more

Tags: Fool

Denomination: Baptist

The Purpose Of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some ...read more

Tags: Christian Values, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those Who Educate Children Well Are More To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave ...read more

Tags: Learning

A Little Library, Growing Larger Every Year, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a mans possessions. A library is not a luxury. It ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The Truth Is, Hardly Any Of Us Have Ethical ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Friends Are Essential To Success; They Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are essential to success; they are still more essential to happiness. To win place, power, honor and happiness, begin by ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Bigger Person

Contributed by Floyd John-Keith on Apr 3, 2009

BIGGER PERSON One day, two men appeared before a judge to have settled a dispute. One argued that the other had moved the boundary marker by five feet and thereby has taken possession of his land. After listening to both arguments and going through some documents the judge could not determine ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

Tags: Boasting, Attitude General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Civilization Ceases When We No Longer Respect ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as work, family and ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

I Account That One Of The Greatest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I account that one of the greatest demonstrations of real friendship, that a friend can really endeavor to have his friend ...read more

Tags: Compassion

I Served As A U.s. Marine In Iraq During 2004. ...  PRO

Contributed by Troy Mason on Mar 4, 2005

I served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq during 2004. One day, I traveled with an Army unit to a border checkpoint between Iraq and Syria. We were "officially" turning over control of the border crossing to the Iraqi Border Police. To celebrate their newly regained authority, the Iraqi officers invited ...read more

Scripture: John 13:26

Tags: Bread, Lord's Supper

Denomination: Baptist

The Difference Between A Moral Man And A Man Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it ...read more

Tags: Worship, Worship General

There Is No Road Too Long To The Man Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man ...read more

Tags: Value, Preparation, Priorities

Leaders Are Leaders Because They Are The Greater ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Leaders are leaders because they are the greater servants. The way up is down. The way to honor our Lord and Savior is to ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

Luther Felt That Our Love For God Should Be So ...

Contributed by Eric Vertein on May 10, 2005

Luther felt that our love for God should be so compelling, that when it comes to the commandment to honor our mothers, even if we didn’t have mothers, we ought to ask God to give us mothers erected out of stone or wood, so we would have an avenue by which to keep this commandment. Yet Luther ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Lutheran

A Safe Place  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 25, 2002

A SAFE PLACE Henri Nouwen, the widely read Christian author, was a professor at Yale University Divinity School and later at Harvard. He had a prestigious life filled with honor. But in 1986 he resigned from his job of teaching to become pastor for the Daybreak community of people with ...read more

Tags: Friendship General, Compassion, Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Showing Respect For Mom  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002

SHOWING RESPECT FOR MOM Adrian Rogers, Pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, TN, tells a story about a man, his boys, and respect for their mother: "It seems that one of the boys lipped off to his mother one day. Now I don’t know about your home, but in the Rogers home showing ...read more