John Maxwell, a famous author and writer of many books on leadership, shared that once he was visiting his parents and needed to make a conference call. He needed a quiet place and his father let him use his office.
As he sat at his desk, he noticed a card next to the phone with these words
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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An English doctor conducted an experiment to study the effects of isolation on people. He built a soundproof room 9’ x 9’ - in size and suspended it by nylon rope. Each participant wore padded fur gloves and heavy woolen socks to eliminate the sensations of touch. Special translucent goggles
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Quest Study Bible asks the question: ¡§Is something ever right for one and wrong for another?
Here is there answer to this question: Sometimes. Those steeped in centuries-old Jewish tradition found it difficult to believe there was nothing wrong with eating meat sacrificed to idols. To do so would
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Here is the message Solomon is seeking to communicate to us today from Ecc. 6:10-12
1. God knows everything we do not!
2. God has already named all the events in our life and it’s up to us to invite God into our life-time.
3. It is useless to try to argue with God He is always right.
4. It is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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.L. KRAFT, HEAD OF THE KRAFT CHEESE CORPORATION, WHO HAD GIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25% OF HIS ENORMOUS INCOME TO CHRISTIAN CAUSES FOR MANY YEARS, SAID, "THE ONLY INVESTMENT I EVER MADE WHICH HAS PAID CONSISTENTLY INCREASING DIVIDENDS IS THE MONEY I HAVE GIVEN TO THE LORD." J.D. ROCKEFELLER SAID, "I NEVER
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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A new study shows that Protestant countries have higher employment rates than non-Protestant countries. This is because of the Protestant work ethic, which makes subjects work hard, even on occasion where they do not want to. UK researchers found that the UK, the US and Nordic countries were among
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Jacob was told to lay down his idols and come back home to Bethel to serve God. Is there an idol in your life that you need to forsake. How do you know if something is an idol in your life? Here are 3 ways we can we identify or recognize the idols in our lives:
1. The feeling of: If I have
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2022
Let’s do a math problem. If a sheep was tethered to a pole on a rope that was 25 feet long, how many square feet would he have to graze? p r² . Let’s begin by squaring 25, we end up with 625. Multiplying by an approximation of p as 3.14, we end up with 1,962.5 square feet.
We are
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025
A few years ago at the Women’s Banquet, I was the head cook and decided to make meatballs, along with pasta, Italian bread, and salad. I announced we had plates with 1 meatball for a small serving and 2 meatballs for a regular serving. Some people were saying, “they are going to starve us.” They
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