Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 29, 2011
based on 1 rating
| 5,757 views
PRIDE AT THE DONUT SHOP
I was living in Phoenix at the time and on my way to work I stopped at a Dunkin Donuts drive through. I said to the woman at the window, "I'll have 3 cake donuts and a cup of coffee."
She started mumbling something that I couldn't hear. I thought she may be able to hear me
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 17, 2011
PRIDE AND DIRTY LAUNDRY
A woman looked out of her window every morning and commented on the dirty laundry on her neighbor's line. One day she noticed it was sparkling clean.
"Maybe she's using a new detergent,"
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 2, 2012
based on 1 rating
| 4,024 views
THE HOLMES BROTHERS ON PRIDE
The brilliant physician and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and his brother John represent two radically different views on the subject of flattery.
Dr. Holmes loved to collect compliments, and when he was older he indulged his pastime by saying to someone who had
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 18, 2008
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we
...read more
based on 1 rating
| 1,101 views
A driver tucked this note under the windshield wiper of his automobile for a police officer to read.
"I've circled this block for 20 minutes. I'm late for an appointment, and if I don't park here, I'll lose my job. Forgive us our trespasses."
When he came back, the
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 1 rating
| 666 views
Dr Warren Wiersbe has some excellent words we all need to keep on the "front burner" of our mind so that we have our loins (minds) girded for action (before) the next time we are tempted to commit some flagrant, presumptive, abominable sin against our Holy, Holy, Holy God.
BEFORE you
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
As I mentioned at the outset, “Pride is a killer.” One man in history learned that lesson the hard way.
During the Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War, Union general John Sedgwick was inspecting his troops. At one point he came to a parapet, over which he gazed out in the direction of the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
A perverted form of pride is inordinate self-esteem.
In the fall after we married Barbara took some drapes and a quilt to the cleaners. One afternoon she asked if I wanted to go with her to get them. The young girl behind the counter was feeling her oats – hair cut just right, permed just
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Sermon Central