In Sermon Illustrations: "Victor"

When The Great Roman Army Was Sent To Fight In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

When the great Roman army was sent to fight in Gaul, no soldiers were braver or more loyal than this band of wrestlers led by their centurion Vespasian. But news reached Nero that many Roman soldiers had accepted the Christian faith. Therefore, this decree was dispatched to the centurion Vespasian; ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Grace Means That God Is On Our Side And Thus We ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2004

“Grace means that God is on our side and thus we are victors regardless of how well we have ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8

The Definition Of A Committee: "A Group Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2003

The definition of a committee: “a group of the unfit appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.” Haddon Robinson, Decision-Making by the Book ...read more

Freedom To Choose One's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009

FREEDOM TO CHOOSE ONE’S ATTITUDE There is a book called, “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl. Frankl was a Holocaust survivor who wrote about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Everything was taken away from these prisoners. They were stripped of their clothing, their pictures, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17

Tags: Thought

[215]. A Message From A Poem - His Precious Redeemed Ones

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 28, 2025

[215]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - HIS PRECIOUS REDEEMED ONES In my messages and sermons, sometimes I raise the plight of suffering Christians enduring persecution such as we observe in many nations in Africa. It makes me think of these suffering ones and how the Lord views them. They are ...read more

Scripture: John 12:24, Revelation 2:10-11, 1 John 5:4, 1 Peter 1:18-19, 2 Peter 1:4  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Love, Christ, Jesus, Persecution, Victors, Grain Of Wheat, Christian Poems, Africa, Precious, Put To Death, Redeemed, Believers, Saints  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dr. David Seamands In His Book Healing For ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007

Dr. David Seamands in his book Healing for Damaged Emotions says, “The two primary causes of emotional stress are the failure to receive forgiveness and the failure ...read more

Tags: Prayer

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Oswald Chambers Says This, "It Is A Shameful ...

Contributed by Aaron Johnson on Jul 26, 2008

Oswald Chambers says this, "It is a shameful thing for a Christian to talk about getting the victory. The Victor ought to have got us so completely that it is His victory ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Freedom

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 28, 2022

The Lord, whom he had spent years fleeing but could not escape, had finally freed him by taking him captive. Dr. Victor Shepherd; Writing on the conversion of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20, Philippians 1:21, Galatians 5:1, Acts 20:24

Tags: Gospel, Freedom, Discipleship

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Does That Mean?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2003

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Victor, a man in Jeanette Hoessel’s English-as-a-second language course, came from El Salvador. He asked her one day, "What does C-section mean?" Since Jeanette’s three children had been delivered by Caesarian section, she felt confident with her explanation, but Victor’s face ...read more

Tags: Discipleship, Apologetics General, God The Father

One Of The Adversary's Most Useful Schemes Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 1, 2003

“One of the adversary’s most useful schemes is to keep Christians focusing on their problems rather than on God’s provision” (John R. Cionca, The Victors: Overcoming Toxins That Poison the ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Baptist

Bill Broadhurst Was A Great Runner And He Entered ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 26, 2005

Bill Broadhurst was a great runner and he entered a 10k race in Omahu, a race that Bill Rodgers would win in less than 30 minutes. Bill Broadhurst had a handicap, he was paralyzed on his entire left side from an aneurism early in life. But he still loved to run and for him to be in the same race ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Philippians 3:13-14

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Opinion Is Something You Hold; A Conviction Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2003

An opinion is something you hold; a conviction is something that holds you. An opinion is something you’ll argue about. A conviction is something you will suffer for and, if necessary, die for. Rick ...read more

Get The Right Perspective. When Goliath Came ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 2, 2011

Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He's so big we can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and thought, "He's so ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

[218]. A Message From A Poem - Poem Of Contrasts

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 3, 2025

[218]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - POEM OF CONTRASTS This poem came to me when I was thinking about the Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Lamb of God” This is the One, strong, royal, who is the Overcomer. {Revelation 5:5 One of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping. Behold, THE LION THAT IS FROM ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:5, John 1:29, 2 Corinthians 12:10

Tags: Lord, Servant, Shepherd, Lamb, Advocate, Lion, King, Judge, Victor, Victim, Man Of Sorrows, Subject, Contrasts, Christian Poems, Poem Of Contrasts  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Get The Right Perspective. When Goliath Came ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He’s so big we can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and though, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:24-26

Tags: Faith General, Faith, Perspective

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Famous French Historian Estimated That There ...  PRO

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 20, 2004

A famous French historian estimated that there had been 3,313 years of war in contrast to 227 years of peace from the 15th century BC to his own day. The world has seen 13 years of war for every year of ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Baptist

Cradles Of Eminence  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 19, 2002

CRADLES OF EMINENCE In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated. These 300 subjects had made it to the top. They were men and women whose names everyone would recognize as brilliant in ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness, God Brings Hope

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Christian Life Is A ‘hidden Life' As Far As ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004

“The Christian life is a ‘hidden life’ as far as the world is concerned, because the world does not know Christ (see I John 4: 1-6). Our sphere of life is not this earth, but heaven; and the things that attract us and excite us belong to heaven, not ...read more

Tags: Faith, Joy

Denomination: Baptist

Happiness Cannot Be Pursued; It Must Ensue. One ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2002

…happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to “be happy.” Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to be happy. Victor Frankl quoted by ...read more

Just My Type

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018

It all started when Stanley Morison complained. What made it worse was that he wasn’t complaining to just anyone – he was complaining to London’s esteemed The Times newspaper. His complaint was that their newspaper was not as easy to read as it should be because of the typeface that they used. ...read more

Tags: Whining, Solutions, Church Splits, Complaints

Denomination: Baptist