Leadership – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Only Going as Far as We Can Go

Great Commission, Holy Spirit, Leadership

The Star Wars story Andor (2022–, Disney+) follows the budding resistance tothe galactic empire. The characters are not perfect. They are rebels. In season…

Leadership in Meekness

Humility, Leadership, Meekness, Trusting God

In the book LEAD…forGod’s Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership, a basketball coach befriends the school janitor, who teaches him about…

Gratitude

Dignity, Gratitude, Humility, Leadership, Relationships

Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings Inc., writes 9,200 holiday and birthday cards every year: one for every employee. He started this gesture in…

Productivity

Bear Fruit, Christ-like, Fruitful Discipleship, Leadership, Produce, Productivity

Have you ever had a boss who turned out to be a fraud? Maybe they were a nice person, but they were not competent…

Inspiring Leadership

Action, Decisiveness, Inspiration, Leadership

In Patrick O’Brian’s classic historical fiction novels featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin, the characters face many dangerous moments. In these moments,…

Great Leaders Lead By Example

Attitude, Christ's Example, Encounters, Example, Humility, Leadership, Servant-leadership

In a memorable scene from Remember the Titans (directed by Boaz Yakin [Buena Vista Pictures, 2000]), Julius Campbell and Gerry Bertier get into an…

A Simple Act Of Humility

Humble, Humility, Leadership, Servant-leadership, Servanthood, Serving Others

Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings Inc., handwrites birthday and holiday cards to each of his employees every year: 9,200 of them. He started…

Nelson Mandela on Humility

Humble, Humility, Leadership, Pride, Transformation

In 2000, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Nelson Mandela on the topic of humility. Mandela claimed that inner humility is the only means by which we…

Simon Says

Case for Christ, Cause, Cause of Christ, Game, Jim Bakker, Leaders, Leadership, Pastoring, Priorities, Righteousness, Role Model, Simon Says, Tammy Bakker

Nothing can tear down the cause of Christ more than when a minister is caught in some form of immorality. The late 1980s saw…

Big Shoes To Fill

Authority, Big Shoes To Fill, Cloak, Death, Double Portion, Elijah, Elisha, God's Promises, God's Timing, J. Vernon Mcgee, Leader, Leadership, Leading, Loss, Mentor, Prophet, Prophets, Transfer

The transfer of leadership does not always happen as we plan or would prefer. But we must be prepared to take up the mantle,…

Contagious Obedience

Example, Inspiration, Leadership, Leading, Servants Heart, Serving

Have you ever considered the greater effect of your everyday decisions? How your individual acts of obedience and faithfulness to Christ can lead to…

“I’m Stuffed”

Father, Generosity, Giving, Leadership, Love, Selflessness

Leadership involves sacrifice. This scene from the movie Cinderella Man shows what personal sacrifice looks like and how, sometimes when you are leading, you…

Blind To The Need

Bartimaeus, Blind to the need, blindness, Disability, Healing, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Needs, Others, Value

It can be uncomfortable to be confronted by someone who is hurting or has an obvious need, but it only takes one leader to…

Unquestioning Obedience

1 Corinthians 15:33, Acts 20:30, Authority Figures, Conscience, Control, Discernment, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Influence, Leadership, Mark 13:22, Matthew 24:24, Obedience, Proverbs 12:26, Word of God

In 2015, a movie called Experimenter was released. It covered the life of psychologist Stanley Milgram, known for his experiment that walked the line…

Selfish Service

1 Peter 1:12, Burnout, Dependency, Discernment, Fear of Man, Galatians 5:13, Hebrews 9:14, Leadership, Love, Purpose, Romans 12:1, Romans 7:6, Selfishness, Service, Wisdom

In an article for Leadership Journal, Amy Simpson expands on the idea that service sometimes stems from selfishness. She writes, “But sometimes serving others…

Think Before You Tweet

Colossians 4:6, Ephesians 4:29, Evidence, Example, Humility, Leadership, Listening, Matthew 15:11, Patience, Proverbs 15:4, Proverbs 29:20, Temperance, Thoughtful, Wisdom, Witness

In an editorial for Christianity Today, Richard Clark writes of the tendency for everyone to weigh in on social media after tragedies occur, for…

Racial Unity

Embrace, Ephesians 2:1-10, Genesis 1:27, Grace, Holiness, Leadership, Love, Matthew 15:21-28, Minister, Psalm 133:1, Reconciliation, Romans 12:5, The Church, Unity, Works

Dr. Mika Edmondson, a pastor in Michigan, gave an address in the summer of 2016 to the Council members of The Gospel Coalition, touching…