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  • Maturalism: Whether It's Adults Fed Up With The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Maturalism: Whether it’s adults fed up with the dumbed-down teen/tween culture dominating everyday life, or just a serious case of boomer decadence: Maturalism is HOT. A vital combination of ‘mature’ consumers pursuing a seemingly restrained ‘best of the best’ materialism is driving the trend in ...read more

  • Why People Give According To Dr. Ron L. Jones, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Why People Give According to Dr. Ron L. Jones, pastor, author and VP of development at College of Biblical Studies in Houston people give: (1) Because they feel connected to the cause represented by the ministry. (2) Because they believe the ministry is producing changed lives. (3) Because they ...read more

  • A Minister Was Speaking About All The Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,907 views

    A minister was speaking about all the things money can’t buy. “Money can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy laughter and money can’t buy love” he told the congregation. Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” A hush fell over the ...read more

  • Coming Change: 56% Of Technology Experts Agree ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Coming Change: 56% of technology experts agree that as telecommuting and home-schooling expand, the boundary between work and leisure will diminish and family dynamics will change. There is notable agreement among the experts that in the next 10 years the internet will be more deeply integrated in ...read more

  • Leader Character: Of The 13 "Character Clusters" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,233 views

    Leader Character: Of the 13 “character clusters” evaluated by the Christian Leader Profile, the Barna Research Group has identified the strongest attributes associated with Christians involved in church leadership are having a conscience that is sensitive to sin, morality, godly demeanor, humility, ...read more

  • Boomer Women Keep Working: Nearly Half Of Boomers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Boomer Women Keep Working: Nearly half of boomers (born 1946-1964) plan to work past retirement simply because they need the money, according to an Allstate Financial survey. The number of working women older than 55 is expected to rise 52% during the next decade, from 8.2 million to 12.4 million ...read more

  • Porn Plague: The Number Of Commercial Pornography ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Porn Plague: The number of commercial pornography Web sites has increased 1,800% in the last 5 years, with an estimated 260 million pages classified as porn. In a single month (July ‘03), N2H2, an Internet filtering company, says more than 28 million new porn web pages appeared. That one-month jump ...read more

  • The Bridger Generation, Those Born Between ‘77 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    The Bridger Generation, those born between ‘77 and ‘94 and the second largest generation in history, is growing up in homes with no moral certainty, no absolutes, no sense of why right is right and wrong is wrong, and no certain hope for eternal life and God’s abiding presence today. Christians can ...read more

  • Some Gifts You Can Give This Christmas Are Beyond ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Some gifts you can give this Christmas are beyond monetary value: Mend a quarrel, dismiss suspicion, tell someone, "I love you." Give something away--anonymously. Forgive someone who has treated you wrong. Turn away wrath with a soft answer. Visit someone in a nursing home. Apologize if you were ...read more

  • Listen To This Quote By British Justice Peter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
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    Listen to this quote by British Justice Peter Smith, that I found on Foxnews.com: "Merely because an author describes matters as being factually correct does not mean that they are factually correct. It is a way of blending fact and fiction together to create that well known model ’faction.’ The ...read more

  • Dr. Vance Havner Used To Tell The Story About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    . DR. VANCE HAVNER USED TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE OLD GEORGIA FARMER WHO, AS HE SLEPT ONE EVENING, HEARD HIS GRANDFATHER CLOCK STRIKE MIDNIGHT. C. THE GONG SOUNDED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 TIMES, BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE MECHANISM AND IT KEPT ON STRIKING 13, 14, 15 TIMES ...read more

  • Cartoon From Shows A Line Of Pews And A Sentence ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    Cartoon from shows a line of pews and a sentence being passed from pew to pew. 1st pew: My ear kind of hurts 2nd pew: The pastor has an earache 3rd pew: The pastor got a hearing aid 4th pew: The pastor is having trouble hearing 5th pew: The pastor ...read more

  • Fewer Newspaper Readers In '70, According To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Fewer Newspaper Readers In ’70, according to Editor & Publisher International Year Book, there were 62.1 million weekday newspapers in circulation—about 0.3 papers per person, while in ’06 there were just 52.3 million weekday papers—about 0.17 per person. In ’94, 49% of American adults told the Pew ...read more

  • Sees The Potential

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 3,210 views

    Sees the Potential - John 1:40-42 Born Simon, called Peter. “Rockman.” Peter, this was a strange name given for the unstable son of Jonas who appeared to have in him nothing of the steadfastness of a rock. Someone once noticed that Andrew Carnegie had a lot of millionaires working for him. When ...read more

  • Cba's (Formerly Christian Bookseller's Assoc.) ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    CBA’s (formerly Christian Bookseller’s Assoc.) current store membership count is 1,813 of the nation’s total estimated 2,800 Christian stores. According to CBA, just 98 stores were added in ’07, compared to 589 in ’06 and 437 in ’05. Store closures continue, although they’ve slowed: 160 in ’07, vs. ...read more

  • Websites Not Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    WEBSITES NOT ENOUGH America's biggest consumer advertisers are learning that just having a website isn't enough to establish and cultivate an ongoing customer relationship. Many have launched free e-magazines filled with relevant content offering entertainment and practical advice along with ...read more

  • Unlikely Substance Abuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 2,316 views

    UNLIKELY SUBSTANCE ABUSE According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, about 3.1 million people ages 12 to 25 have gotten high using cough and cold medicine, about the same number who have used LSD and far more than have used methamphetamines. In addition, mouthwash, ...read more

  • Ii. C Peter Wagner In His Book ,"Your Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 3, 2008
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    ii. C Peter Wagner in his book ,"Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow." States on page 23, "Who needs to know about spiritual gifts? (He states) - You need to know about spiritual gifts if: 1. You are a Christian. 2. You believe that Jesus is your Lord and you want to love Him and follow ...read more

  • Emotional Growth Needs...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    EMOTIONAL GROWTH NEEDS... Just as a flower cannot grow unless it has soil, air, water, light, and a secure place to grow, researchers have leaned that people can’t grow emotionally unless five basic ingredients are present: 1. Meaningful touch. 2. A spoken message. 3. The attachment of ’high ...read more

  • Pg ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,001 views

    PG PROFITS A Nielsen study finds PG-rated movies with less profanity made more money at U.S. box offices. The study cross-referenced box office figures for 400 films in wide release from the fall of 2005 to the fall of 2007. More parents are choosing PG films with extremely low levels of profanity ...read more