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  • The La Times Recently Stated "Pastors Are The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    The LA Times recently stated “Pastors are the single most occupationally frustrated group in America.” Eventually 30%-40% of religious leaders drop out of the ministry and about 75% go through a period of stress so great that they consider quitting. Incidents of mental breakdown are so high that ...read more

  • But Have You Ever Stopped To Think What Would ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 7, 2006
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    But have you ever stopped to think what would have happened if it had been the three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? 1. They would have asked directions in Bethlehem rather than feeling that they needed to stop off at the Palace in Jerusalem, 2. They would have arrived on time, 3. They ...read more

  • Preaching Magazine Has Named The Top 5 Preachers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Preaching magazine has named the top 5 preachers of the 20th Century. #1 James S. Stewart, a Scottish preacher and 60’s moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; #2 Dr. Billy Graham; #3 George Buttrick, a Congregational preacher & 30 year pastor of Madison Ave. Presbyterian ...read more

  • Your Church Magazine Reports Staff Compensation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Your Church magazine reports staff compensation accounts for more than 40% of an average church’s budget. Churches with budgets over $500,000 spend 40% while smaller budget churches spend closer to 46% on compensation. Church facilities expenses account for 20%, Missions receives 16%, church ...read more

  • Distorted Teen Beliefs 86% Of Teens Claim That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Distorted Teen Beliefs 86% of teens claim that they are Christian (34% are born again) and 3 out of 5 say they believe the Bible is totally accurate in all it teaches. Yet many embrace views inconsistent with the Bible. A new Barna survey finds 2/3 stated Satan is not a living being; merely a ...read more

  • Many Converts, Few Disciples  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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    Many Converts-Few Disciples: This is the conclusion of George Barna after 2 years of research. Is this why church-es have lost their relevance in American culture? Not one person polled, when asked to identify their most important goal for their life, said it was to be a committed follower of Jesus ...read more

  • Educated Believers: Born-Again Christians Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Educated Believers: Born-again Christians are highly educated and intelligent. According to Barna, 29% of evangelical Christians have a college degree vs. the national average of 26%. Naomi Schaefer Riley reports in her latest book, God on the Quad , that enrollment at the 100 schools of the ...read more

  • License To Kill: British Scientist , Ian Wilmut, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    License To Kill: British scientist , Ian Wilmut, famous for cloning Dolly the sheep in ’96, has been granted a cloning license by British regulators to clone human embryos and extract stem cells for medical research. Though he calls this “therapeutic cloning” and claims it does not result in a ...read more

  • Need A Break? A Recent Quill Corporation Survey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Need A Break? A recent Quill Corporation survey of business people finds only 20% feel thinking about work while on vacation ruins their fun or relaxation, but it jumps to 50% when asked about actually doing work on vacation. 40% take work with them on vacation. 60% report it takes anywhere from ...read more

  • Young Money: Americans Ages 12-19 Spent $170 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Young Money: Americans ages 12-19 spent $170 billion last year finds Teenage Research Unlimited. That’s up 10% from 2 years ago. PBS reports that 22% of college students in ’00 owned a credit card in high school versus 11% in ’94. In ’99 a Consumer Federation of America study found ...read more

  • Six Rules For A Happy Life 1.avoid Fried Meats, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Six Rules for a Happy Life 1.Avoid fried meats, which angry up the blood. 2.If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3.Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. 4.Go very light on vices such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ...read more

  • No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE CROSS Dr. H. Richard Neibuhr condemns cross-less Christianity, or the evangelical "feel good" seeker-sensitive churches, who refuse to display or talk about the cross. With biting criticism he writes, "Such beliefs as a God without wrath, bringing men without sin into a ...read more

  • Luther On Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    LUTHER ON FEAR Martin Luther made this interesting observation in his Table Talk: "God and the devil take opposite tactics in regard to fear. The Lord first allows us to become afraid, that he might relieve our fears and comfort us. The devil, on the other hand, first makes us feel secure in our ...read more

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Thoughts On Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Theodore Roosevelt’s Thoughts on Family Theodore Roosevelt said in 1917, "No other success in life--not being president, or being wealthy, or going to college, or writing a book, or anything else--comes up to the success of the man or woman who can feel that they have done their duty and that ...read more

  • Howard Hendricks Once Shared How He Challenged A ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
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    Howard Hendricks once shared how he challenged a class of seminary students to each write down the names of 2-3 people whom, in their judgment, would never come to faith in Christ. Then they covenanted together to pray every day for those individuals. At the end of the semester 36 of those people ...read more

  • Nietzsche And Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
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    NIETZSCHE AND CHRISTIANS Friedrich Nietzsche, the philosopher, said of Christians: "Look at whom they worship. Look at this God whom they worship. How foolish and imbecilic to follow one who died, and then to claim that that death is victory! There is foolishness and there is foolishness. There ...read more

  • Friendly ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 12, 2010
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    Friendly Employees Mamie Adams always went to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were friendly. She went there to buy stamps just before Christmas one year and the lines were particularly long. Someone pointed out that there was no need to wait on line because ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership Begins At Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP BEGINS AT HOME I like the way Paul Carlson put it in Leadership Journal years ago. He said, "Your spiritual leadership begins at home. In dealing with the family, remember that you have been blessed by the Lord, not beatified. Don’t expect your wife to stop asking you to carry ...read more

  • Fiedler's Forecasting Rules

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    FIEDLER'S FORECASTING RULES 1. It is very difficult to forecast, especially about the future. 2. He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. 3. The moment you forecast, you know you’re going to be wrong--you just don’t know when and in which direction. 4. If you’re ever ...read more

  • When No One Is Watching  PRO

    Contributed by Willem Nel on Mar 26, 2011
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     | 2,652 views

    WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING In 1945, Arsenal were playing Russian giants Dynamo Moscow in London when a thick fog descended over the ground. The referee refused to abandon the game as the visitors had come such a long way, but it was impossible to see what was going on. It is said that an Arsenal ...read more