In Sermon Illustrations: "Overcome Evil"

Russian Author Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Wrote, "If ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

Russian author Alexandr Solzhenitsyn wrote, "If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being..." (SOURCE: ...read more

Tags: Sin General

There Is No Safety For Honest Men Except By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all ...read more

Tags: Satan

Man Has A Handicap That Is Difficult To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Man has a handicap that is difficult to overcome. We have the capacity to see the faults, sins and mistakes of ...read more

Tags: Disability

Wanting Something Is Not Enough. You Must Hunger ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

We All Need Some Form Of Deeply Rooted, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation it empowers us to overcome ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Perseverance Is More Prevailing Than Violence; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Greatest Obstacle That Most People Must ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The greatest obstacle that most people must overcome to climb the ladder of success is the lethargy that makes it so ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I Have Learned That Success Is To Be Measured ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Michael Nelken], A Connecticut Psychiatrist And ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 23, 2006

[Michael Nelken], a Connecticut psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has written a book about Adolf Hitler contends that people are more in danger of doing evil than they realize…[He writes,] “temptations to do wanton things don’t just come now and then, but are ever present. Impulses to do evil fly ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Deceiver  PRO

Contributed by Michael Walther on May 25, 2011

DECEIVER Ephesians 6.10-12 Especially, "schemes of the devil..." Here Paul explains the realities of evil in this world. How different this is from popular ideas about evil. There is a comical view of evil -- the character who wears a red suit and carries a pitch fork. Then there is the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

Tags: Satan

Denomination: Lutheran

Sin's ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Sin’s Birthplace “But each one is tempted when by his own evil desire he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1: 14, 15) Before you can win a war you must know your enemy, understand his ...read more

Scripture: James 1:14-15

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, In The Gulag ...

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 1, 2007

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, in The Gulag Archipelago, writes: “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Active Vs. Passive Hardening Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010

ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE HARDENING OF THE HEART We have to distinguish between active hardening and passive hardening (of the heart). What we have in this verse is an example of God’s punitive judgment against a wicked man. Pharaoh was already wicked. Pharaoh already had an evil heart, out of which came ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:24-28

Tags: Hard Heart, Sin General

You May Either Win Your Peace Or Buy It: Win ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy ...read more

Tags: Peace

Go In This Might Of Yours

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 17, 2024

When Israelites were oppressed by the Midianites, God came to Gideon and said “Go in this might of yours and deliver Israelites”. God did not bestow on Gideon any additional or greater strength and wisdom, but said that the existing might of his was sufficient to deliver the Israelites. So many ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:14

Tags: Faith, Hope

By Following The Model Of Those Who Have Gone ...

Contributed by Nelson Emeonu on Nov 3, 2005

“By following the model of those who have gone before us, we can do more than survive. We can ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Anglican

I Think That Love Is The Only Spiritual Power ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think that love is the only spiritual power that can overcome the self-centeredness that is inherent in being alive. Love is the thing ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Once We Assuage Our Conscience By Calling ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a necessary evil, it begins to look more and ...read more

Tags: Satan

Tiger Breath!" Matthew 6:9-13 Key Verse(S): ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 6, 2005

“Tiger Breath!” Matthew 6:9-13 Key verse(s): 13:“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” It has been foreordained that life is a temptation! Now that is a depressing thought if I ever heard one. Foreordained? That means that no matter what I do or how I do it, ultimately I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 4:1-11

Tags: Sin Exposed, Risk Of Sin, Release, Sin Separates From God

Denomination: Lutheran

The Human Community That We Build By Ourselves ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 12, 2009

The human community that we build by ourselves can never, purely by its own strength, be a fully fraternal community, nor can it overcome every ...read more

Tags: Unity

Denomination: Catholic