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A Recent Gallup Poll Found That The Greatest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

A recent Gallup Poll found that the greatest number of Americans (47% of those expressing an opinion) hold to the strict creationist view, that God created man pretty much in his present form within the last 10,000 years. Most other Americans believe in some combination of evolution and ...read more

Tags: Creation

Instead Of Trying To Sell Something, Fundraisers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

"Instead of trying to sell something, fundraisers should ask people what matters to them and what they’ve done in terms of giving that made them feel good." Sound advice from Joe Breiteneicher, VP at Philanthropic Initiative, Boston. He also says, engage donors /prospects and create relationships ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Nae & Global Warming: The National Association ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

NAE & Global Warming: The National Association of Evangelicals has scheduled two meetings on Capitol Hill and in the Washington suburbs where more than 100 leaders will discuss issuing a statement on global warming. The meetings are considered so pivotal that Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Hurting Pastors: They Are Pressured By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Hurting Pastors: They are pressured by the responsibilities of their position and are under the assault of the enemy. Some of their common concerns: 97% of pastors feel inadequately trained, 80% say their ministry has had a negative impact on their children, 70% struggle with depression,71% are ...read more

Tags: Church General

Someone Tells About A Woman Who For Many Years ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Someone tells about a woman who for many years couldn’t sleep at night because she worried that her home would be burglarized. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he found a burglar. The husband said ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Interactive Marketing Spending In The Us Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Interactive Marketing spending in the US will more than triple over the next five years, reaching $61 billion by 2012, finds a Forrester Research report. The growth in interactive marketing spending represents a 27% compound annual growth rate over the next five years. Interactive marketing, 8% of ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

The American Bible Society And The Gospel Music ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

The American Bible Society and the Gospel Music Association (GMA) have formed a partnership to create a new songwriting competition at GMA’s annual Music in the Rockies, held in Estes Park, CO. Songwriters are encouraged to adapt, derive or base music on Scripture from both the Old and New ...read more

Tags: Music

There Are Three Huge Gates That Lead Into The ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008

There are three huge gates that lead into the Cathedral of Milan. Over one gate there is an inscription in marble (under a beautiful flower bouquet) that says, "The things that please are temporary." Over the second gate, there is a cross with this inscription: "The things that disturb us are ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Other

Moving And Friendships

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009

MOVING AND FRIENDSHIPS We live in a society where people, especially young adults, move so often they don’t have time to develop deep friendships. My mom and step father lived in the place where I grew up for about 25 years. During that 25 years, I moved ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Baptist

As Christian We Might Have Dropped Some Of Those ...

Contributed by Ladonna Omobude on Nov 24, 2009

As Christian we might have dropped some of those four lettered curse words; however we still curse others by speaking evil and wishing evil upon them. The Bible says in James 3:10"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so ...read more

Tags: Conscience, Blessings Vs. Curses

Denomination: Pentecostal

Respect The Redeemer!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jul 7, 2015

This new birth experience is bound to generate oodles of respect and love in the Saved for the Saviour (Luke 7:47). If Success in the Book of Thomas Edison is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration, then let it be said that major component of the “all odds surmounting love” (I Cor 13:7) in the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Tags: Inspiration, Perspiration

Denomination: *other

[212]. A Message From A Poem - Everything In Its Season

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 26, 2025

[212]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - EVERYTHING IN ITS SEASON This poem covers a lot of ground. Broadly it is connected with the state of things, being the season of man. God created all of us and we live our lives in this world, but all of us are accountable for our actions. Some of that is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:18, Genesis 12:3, Joel 3:2, Isaiah 5:20-21, Ecclesiastes 3:1-5  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Death, Season, Evil, Curse Israel And Be Cursed, Christian Poems, Charlie Kirk, Israel, Birth, Good, Time For Everything, United Nations, Palestinians  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Craving Milk

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 26, 2011

CRAVING MILK I remember our grandkids had ravenous appetites towards mother's milk and they all grew fat as over-stuffed ticks. All 4 of them were roly-poly by 3 months of age. There was an obvious direct corollary between milk ingested and weight gain. Likewise, spiritual infants who crave ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Nation's 23 Million Teens Spend Nearly 4100 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The nation’s 23 million teens spend nearly 4100 billion annually—that’s more than $4,000 each. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Rousing Music Research Shows That People Who Use ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007

Rousing Music Research shows that people who use high-energy music to start their day before they face challenging situations can increase their ...read more

Rousing Music Research Shows That People Who Use ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007

Rousing Music Research shows that people who use high- energy music to start their day before they face challenging situations can increase their ...read more

Rousing Music Research Shows That People Who Use ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Rousing Music Research shows that people who use high-energy music to start their day before they face challenging situations can increase their ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Rousing Music Research Shows That People Who Use ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Rousing Music Research shows that people who use high- energy music to start their day before they face challenging situations can increase their ...read more

Tags: Emotions

The Top Attributes Employees Look For In An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

The Top Attributes employees look for in an employer are good career advancement opportunities (23%), company’s stability and longevity in the market (23%), good work ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Chuck Swindoll Stated In Laugh Again, "Worry ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2009

Chuck Swindoll stated in Laugh Again, "Worry about nothing…pray about everything, and rest" (page 203). He says that the three ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:31-34

Tags: Worry

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational