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  • What Is The Value Of A Life? Business Week ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    What Is The Value Of A Life? Business Week magazine reports that economists estimate how many lives are saved by a particular government regulation, and then compare that with the cost of implementing the new rule. Here are some results: It costs $3,000 to save one life (with the regulation of ...read more

  • Identity Theft: About 3.3 Million American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Identity Theft: About 3.3 million American consumers had their personal information stolen and used to open fraudulent bank, credit card or utility accounts, or to commit other crimes, according to the FTC. These cases collectively cost businesses $32.9 billion and consumers $3.8 billion. On ...read more

  • John Was Driving Home Late One Night When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    John was driving home late one night when he picked up a hitchhiker. As they rode along, he began to be suspicious of his passenger. John checked to see if his wallet was safe in the pocket of his coat that was on the seat between them, but it wasn’t there! So he slammed on the brakes, ordered the ...read more

  • I Believe In Tithing And Have Been Practicing It ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 17, 2006
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    I believe in tithing and have been practicing it since my very first job. My parents set the example and taught me to tithe when I had my first job, which, as I recall, was while I was still in junior high. I began mowing lawns in our neighborhood, and my first customer was a good friend of my ...read more

  • Personal Priority Inventory (From Sermon: The ...

    Contributed by John King on Nov 9, 2006
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    Personal Priority Inventory (from sermon: The Foolish Rich Person, Sermon Central) 1. There is a time in my life when I made a decision to give up the things of this world to follow Christ. ___yes ___no 2. If confronted with that choice today I would follow Christ even if I had to give up all ...read more

  • Children Of Divorce Often Blame Themselves For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Children Of Divorce often blame themselves for the breakup of their parent’s marriage, and many grow up alienated from church and God. A survey of adults whose parents divorced when they were young, found divorce had a major impact on their spiritual lives. They were much less likely to go to ...read more

  • Every Single Apostle Experienced Persecution: 1 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
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    • Every single apostle experienced persecution: 1 John died of old age exiled on the island of Patmos. 2 Peter was crucified upside down under Nero. 3. Andrew died upon a cross at Patrae, in Achia 4.James the brother of Jesus was thrown from a pinnacle of the temple and beaten to death by a ...read more

  • Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

  • During The 1992 Summer Olympics, All U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During the 1992 Summer Olympics, all U.S. athletes were required to wear Reebok warm-up suits at the awards ceremony. Charles Barkley of the U.S. basketball "Dream Team" anticipated the probability that his team would win the gold medal. He said, "Us Nike guys are loyal to Nike because they pay us ...read more

  • Glory Can Be Defined. In My Research I ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2007
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    Glory can be defined. In my research I discovered that it means a desirable brightness that is very rare! a. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states this about Glory - FROM THE HEBREW WORD KĀBHŌDH. i. The fundamental idea of this root seems to be “weight,” “heaviness,” ...read more

  • General And President, George Washington, Went ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
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    General and President, George Washington, went with his troops into battle. Spent the winter in Valley Forge with the troops not at home with his wife in their well heated home place. As a general he said: "We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country’s Honor, all call upon us ...read more

  • For Those Who Are Single And Wish To Marry, You ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    For those who are single and wish to marry, you must pray, prepare yourself as a bride is to be adorned for her husband (Rev. 21:2, 19:7-8) and go where you are called. You must discover your gifts, develop your gifts and demonstrate your gifts. This thereby attracts the mate that best first with ...read more

  • The Great British Admiral Lord Nelson Was Known ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 29, 2007
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    The great British admiral Lord Nelson was known for treating vanquished opponents with courtesy and kindness. After one naval victory a defeated officer strode confidently across the quarterdeck of Nelson’s ship and offered the admiral his hand. With his own hand remaining at his side, Nelson ...read more

  • Lying Is So Ingrained In Our Culture That We've ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    Lying is so ingrained in our culture that we’ve come to joke about some of the more common lies. Doug Mushrow has written an article titled “19 Great American Lies.” Here are a few of the classics: [SLIDE] 1. The check is in the mail… [SLIDE] 2. Your table will be ready in a few ...read more

  • Savings Crisis

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    SAVINGS CRISIS Christian investment expert Hakeem Webb says many households are caught in a mindset that has them spending income they need to be saving, to keep up with the rising cost of their accustomed lifestyle. The Commerce Department reports Americans’ ’06 personal savings rate (disposable ...read more

  • Eu Religion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    EU RELIGION In a recent European Union survey, 53% of EU citizens regarded religion as a significant element of their lives. 46% of people in the 27 EU member countries attach no importance to religion. About 49.5% of all EU citizens are Catholics, 12.7% Protestants, 8.6% Orthodox, 15.7% Muslims, ...read more

  • Bold Book Marketing Ploy? In The Package-Goods ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Bold Book Marketing Ploy? In the package-goods world, offering free samples is usually a slam-dunk: Customers fall in love with the freebie and then turn into paying customers. But in the world of book publishing, the news that Harper Collins will give away free electronic versions of ...read more

  • Nearly 70% Of U.s. Churches Provide Direct ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Nearly 70% of U.S. churches provide direct health services and 65% provide educational health programs, according to the National Council of Churches (NCC) USA Congregational Health Survey. Only 6.4% offer no programs of any kind in health care ministries. The congregations surveyed have an average ...read more

  • The Spirit's Message And Power Can Only Be ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2008
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    The Spirit’s message and power can only be understood by the help of the Spirit (1 Cor. 2:11-16). i. His wisdom is what brings us understanding in this world of confusing messages. ii. His wisdom is what helps us to see in the darkness of this world. iii. His wisdom is what helps us to see if ...read more

  • More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    MORE ICE New satellite data shows that concerns over the levels of sea ice may have been premature. It was feared the polar caps were vanishing because of the effects of global warming. But US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data now show almost all the "lost" ice has come back. ...read more