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  • Question And Answer  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 28, 2002
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    QUESTION AND ANSWER One lady wrote in to a question and answer forum. "Dear Sirs, Our preacher said on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered. Dear Bewildered, Beat your preacher with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • In Front Of Our Own Church, Our Church Sign Has ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 21, 2003
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    In front of our own church, our church sign has been tampered with. Today, on it is the phrase, “Jesus Loves You”. Kids recently jumbled up all the letters and made it read other things. I placed it back in correct order and found 6 letters missing. I think a christians life is to say to others ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • In The Movie, Minority Report, John Anderton, ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 26, 2004
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    In the movie, Minority Report, John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise is with his wife and a young girl named Agatha. John and Laura, several years before, had lost their 6 year old son, Sean... kidnaped and murdered. In the scene we are about to see Agatha, who is a type of “seerer” recounts what ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • I'm Told Of A Turkey Farmer Who Was Always ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 7, 2005
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    I’m told of a turkey farmer who was always experimenting with breeding to perfect a better turkey. His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner and there were never enough legs for everyone. After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was relating the results of his efforts to his friends at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Tyndale, First Translated The Bible From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    William Tyndale, first translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into English, making a Bible for the common people. In 1535 he was betrayed by a friend, taken prisoner to the castle of Vilford, and continued to work on his translation. He was unable to finish his work because he was sentenced to ...read more

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  • On Managing Growth: John Chambers, President Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    On Managing Growth: John Chambers, President of Cisco Systems, the 3rd most valuable company in the world, has this advice for managing growth: · Make your customers the center of your culture. Tie employee compensation programs directly to customer satisfaction results. · Empower every employee. ...read more

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  • Word-Of-Mouth: A Uk Survey Conducted In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Word-of-Mouth: A UK survey conducted in conjunction with World Book Day reaffirms that word-of-mouth is the strongest force in book sales alongside recognizing and wanting to read another book by a favorite author. 25% of people responding said the last book they read was based on a personal ...read more

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  • Christian Shopper Facts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Christian Shopper Facts: George Barna’s 2003 Update: Christian Bookstore Shopping reports: · 14% of all U.S. women are frequent Christian-store shoppers. · 15% of Boomers (born between ’46 and ’64) are Christian-store frequent shoppers. · Evangelical’s account for 69% of the most active Christian ...read more

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  • Greek Philosopher Anaximenes Accompanied ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Greek philosopher Anaximenes accompanied Alexander the Great on his expedition against the Persians, in the course of which Alexander’s forces captured Lampsacus, the birthplace of Anaximenes. Anxious to save his native city from destruction, Anaximenes sought an audience with the king. Alexander ...read more

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  • Individual Workers, Not It Organizations, Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Individual workers, not IT organizations, are driving the next wave of technology adoption, notes a Forrester Research report. There is a movement toward user control and individual empowerment in the workplace. Once an isolated minority, these unhappy consumers have entered the mainstream of work ...read more

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  • More Than The Sum Of Their Parts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS I once read the story is told of a horse pulling contest in Canada. The winning horse in the contest pulled 9,000 pounds The runner up pulled 8,000. Together you’d expect them to pull 17,000 lbs. but not so! When teamed together, they pulled 30,000 lbs – nearly ...read more

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  • A Man Named Bob Williamson Fought With The 4th ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man named Bob Williamson fought with the 4th Infantry Division and was a part of the invasion force that landed on the beaches of Normandy on D’ Day when over 6,000 Americans were killed. Willaimson recently said that the memories of the war still haunt him. He said, "How would you like to go to ...read more

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    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 6, 2009
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    “A human being has to work to live but has an insatiable appetite for more. This is common to both wise and foolish. Today the business world contains many clever people who work hard because they are obsessed with piling up money, while on the other side there are those who are ever alert for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • What The Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    What the Name "Hoover" means in Finland At the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, later to become President of the United States, led the allied relief efforts in Europe. He kept hundreds of thousands from starving, and a new word entered the Finnish language. In Finland, to “HOOVER” means to be ...read more

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  • The Church: The Balm Of Healing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    THE CHURCH: THE BALM OF HEALING In the book, The Empowered Communicator, Calvin Miller says that most people we come in contact with are silently thinking: • I am loneliness waiting for a friend • I am weeping in want of laughter • I am a sigh in search of consolation • I am a wound in search of ...read more

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  • When To Begin Influencing One's Child For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    When to Begin Influencing One’s Child For Christ In a mothers’ meeting there was a big discussion on the theme: “How early in a child’s life ought one to begin to influence him toward God?” After a much spirited debate, a visiting grandmother was asked to make a comment. In essence, she said: “I ...read more

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  • How To Gather A Crowd To Preach ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    How to gather a crowd to preach to A cattle rancher got saved and surrendered to preach. He went to a Bible conference which was all about how to build a crowd. Asked about it later, he said, "It was strange. In all my years as a cattle rancher, I never had to go to a conference to learn how to get ...read more

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  • Baseball Manager Demonstrates Humility After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2010
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    Baseball Manager Demonstrates Humility After Winning the Pennant When the Florida Marlins baseball team won their first trip to the WORLD SERIES, the press began to shower praise on manager Jim Leyland. When congratulated on winning his first National League Pennant, Leyland responded, “I didn’t ...read more

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  • The Fearless Lion Tamer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    THE FEARLESS LION TAMER A 1st grader stood in front of his classroom to make a speech about "What I want to be when I grow up." He said, "I'm going to be a lion tamer and have lots of fierce lions. I'll walk into the cage and they will roar." He paused for a moment, thinking through what he had ...read more

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  • Brand New Start  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    BRAND NEW START An angry newspaper subscriber stormed into the reporter’s office and demanded an apology because he had been mistakenly put in the obituaries. The reporter said, "I never write retractions, but what I will do tomorrow is list you in the birth column and give you a brand new ...read more

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