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  • Only In America  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 4,630 views

    ONLY IN AMERICA 1- Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2- Only in America are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. 3- Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while ...read more

  • The Fine Art Of Doing Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,463 views

    The Fine Art of Doing Nothing The sign on the stage proclaimed: "The Motionless Man: Make Him Laugh. Win $100." The temptation was irresistible. For three hours boys and girls, men and women, performed every antic and told every joke they knew. But Bill Fuqua, the Motionless Man, stood perfectly ...read more

  • The Date, March 28th. The Year, 1992. The ...

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 9, 2005
     | 2,713 views

    The date, March 28th. The year, 1992. The place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The moment seizer, and dare I say these words in a Kentucky pulpit, Christian Leattner. First ever player to start in four Final Fours. MVP of the East Regional of the NCAA tournament when he scored 31 points against ...read more

  • Strong Emotions

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,238 views

    There is nothing wrong with strong emotions; even those that center squarely upon ourselves. Witness the story of missionary Adoniram Judson. He sweated out Burma’s heat for 18 years without a furlough, six years without a convert. Enduring torture and imprisonment, he admitted that he never saw a ...read more

  • The "Coronary And Ulcer Club" Lists The Following ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,340 views

    The “Coronary and Ulcer Club” lists the following rules for members… 1. Your job comes first. Forget everything else. 2. Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays are fine times to be working at the office. There will be nobody else there to bother you. 3. Always have your briefcase with you when not ...read more

  • Community Building In Analyzing 68 Npo's, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,867 views

    Community Building In analyzing 68 NPO’s, the Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management has uncovered 5 common success factors. (1) The ones who have results aim at results. They have a very clear definition of and concentration on what they are trying to accomplish. (2) They also abandon. They ...read more

  • A Look At The Future: Business Strategist B. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 882 views

    A Look At The Future: Business strategist B. Joseph Pine II sees a tectonic shift under way for businesses of all sizes. The ground rules are changing just as they did when the nation’s economic focus switched from agriculture to mass production. This time, the shift is from mass production to what ...read more

  • Prayer: U.s. News And The Internet Site Beliefnet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,186 views

    Prayer: U.S. News and the Internet site Beliefnet funded a poll to learn more about why, how, where and when people pray. Here is a summary of the findings: · 75% percent were Christian. · 64% say they pray more than once a day. · 56% say they most often pray for family members, with 3.3% saying ...read more

  • Boomerang Kids: Almost 16 Million Families Had At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,275 views

    Boomerang Kids: Almost 16 million families had at least one child over 18 living at home in ‘03, up 7% since ‘95 and 14% since ‘85, according to the Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey. They leave and come back, sometimes more than once, often after college, between jobs, before marriage, after ...read more

  • Church Growth: According To The 2003 Yearbook Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,272 views

    Church Growth: According to the 2003 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church experienced a 12% growth. Catholics followed with a 2.5% increase, while Mormons and the Assemblies of God each reported 2% growth in ‘01, the latest year for which figures ...read more

  • Decorate To Celebrate: Consumer Purchases Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 2,009 views

    Decorate To Celebrate: Consumer purchases of Christmas and seasonal decorations have risen sharply since ‘00, according to a new research report from Unity Marketing, Gifts & Decorative Accents Report, 2003:The Market, The Competitors, The Future Trends. Over 60% percent of consumers bought ...read more

  • John Wesley Was So Concerned With Building A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,267 views

    John Wesley was so concerned with building a righteous fellowship that he devised a series of questions for his followers to ask each other every week. Some found this rigorous system of inquiry too demanding and left. Today, the very idea of such a procedure would horrify many churchgoers. Yet ...read more

  • The "Coronary And Ulcer Club" Lists The Following ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,232 views

    The "Coronary and Ulcer Club" lists the following rules for members... 1. Your job comes first. Forget everything else. 2. Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays are fine times to be working at the office. There will be nobody else there to bother you. 3. Always have your briefcase with you when not ...read more

  • What Is Carnality? According To The Greek ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,116 views

    What is carnality? According to the Greek dictionary, it means to have the nature and characteristics of the flesh (or more simply, it means "fleshly"). What, then , is the flesh? Sometimes it refers to the whole material part of man (1 Corinthians 15:39; Hebrews 5:7), and based on this meaning, ...read more

  • The Bait Of Satan

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 1, 2006
     | 4,171 views

    John Bevere taught us from the “Bait of Satan” They (Christians) think churches are like cafeterias; they can pick and choose what they like! They feel the freedom to stay as long as there are no problems. But this does not agree at all with what the Bible teaches. You are not the one who chooses ...read more

  • Bevere's Story, "Now Here Is Where Many In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,399 views

    1. Bevere’s story, “Now here is where many in the church falter. They see the love of God in the light of the temporal, not the eternal. There is love and goodness, which are admired by society and many in the church but determined by human measures, and are contrary to the love of God. Let me ...read more

  • Confidence In A Crisis  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 8, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,949 views

    Green Bay Packers’ [now Seattle Seahawks] head coach Mike Holmgren looks back at a heartbreaking moment, when he was cut from the New York Jets as backup quarterback to Joe Namath, that directed him to a bigger plan. "I had committed my life to Jesus Christ when I was 11, but in my pursuit to ...read more

  • What Not To Buy Your Wife  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 18, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,540 views

    What NOT to Buy Your Wife 1. Don’t buy clothing that involves sizes. The chances are one in seven thousand that you will get her size right, and your wife will be offended the other 6999 times. 2. Avoid all things useful. The new silver polish advertised to save hundreds of hours is not going to ...read more

  • Held Hostage In The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,929 views

    HELD HOSTAGE IN THE NEW YEAR The new year started off rather uniquely for a "nameless" woman in Laingsburg, Michigan. She heard "angry, accented voices" coming from her living room. Fearing her husband was being held hostage by terrorists, she hid in a bathroom closet and whispered to the police ...read more

  • Almost Fifteen Years Ago, My Family And I Visited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,671 views

    Almost fifteen years ago, my family and I visited China. We had a relative in Canton, who was responsible for distribution of food. When we visited him, we were treated to the best in everyway. In China, whether you think it is fair or not, relationship, or guanxi, is everything. People are not ...read more

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