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  • Blogs Are Increasingly The Way People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,012 views

    Blogs are increasingly the way people communicate. There are some 37 million blogs in the world, with a new one created every second, reports blog track site Technorati. Blogs as a social network, doubles in size every 6 months. It is now 60 times bigger than 3 years ago, with 1.2 million new ...read more

  • Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 2,017 views

    Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

  • Overuse Of The Word "Love"

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 16, 2010
     | 1,946 views

    OVERUSE OF THE WORD "LOVE" Max Lucado states from his book 3:16, "Love. We’ve all but worn out this word. This morning I used love to describe my feelings toward my wife and toward peanut butter. Far from identical emotions. I never proposed to a jar of peanut butter (though I have let one sit on ...read more

  • Painting Pictures Of The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
     | 4,226 views

    PAINTING PICTURES OF THE LOST A Bishop Tucker of Uganda was an artist, but how did he become a bishop? One day he was painting a picture of a poor woman, holding a baby, wandering homeless on a stormy night on the dark, deserted street. As the picture grew, the artist suddenly threw down his ...read more

  • The Importance Of A Name

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Sep 21, 2010
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     | 10,814 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF A NAME I went to a doctor for some pain here, upper side of my stomach… in those days I used to eat 6 times a day like for 3 people… But my doctor was sick too, staying home, another doctor replacing him. His name was Vlad Tzepelea – in translation THE IMPALER… like Dracula… Vlad ...read more

  • Middle Management

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
     | 2,863 views

    MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Cyril Barber, in his commentary on Nehemiah, transfers this principle into all of life; "Middle management involves being able to translate the ideals of one’s superiors into practice and, at the same time, knowing how to motivate one’s subordinates. It necessitates keeping ...read more

  • Jesus Is Coming To Dinner

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011
     | 5,831 views

    JESUS IS COMING TO DINNER One of the greatest compliments an individual can pay to another is to invite him/her home to dinner. The Church reminds the world today that Jesus is coming again and the world should get its house in order, for the master of the universe is coming to dine in the hearts ...read more

  • The Dimensions Of Leadership

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 5, 2013
     | 2,409 views

    THE DIMENSIONS OF LEADERSHIP True leaders must be rather than just do. They must lead by vision and values of the organization rather than by mere hierarchical position. The emerging role of future leaders has at least 5 dimensions: (1) to articulate and communicate the mission, vision and ...read more

  • Unhappy Church Member

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Jan 27, 2019
     | 6,073 views

    A christian man was stranded on a deserted island for many years. He was finally discovered and a rescue crew arrived. They were impressed with all the things he built by himself, most prominently 3 buildings. They asked him about the first building and he answered, “That is where I live.” Then ...read more

  • Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 8,940 views

    Worry A great percentage of our illnesses is in some way related to worry and anxiety and stress. In fact, the #1 killer in America is heart disease. • 38% of all deaths are heart related and many of those are related to hypertension, high blood pressure and anxiety. • Worry has been linked to ...read more

  • In An Average Lifetime, The Average American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,095 views

    In an average lifetime, the average American spends 3 years in business meetings, 13 years watching TV, Spends $89,281 on food, consumes 109,354 pounds of food, Makes 1811 trips to McDonalds, Spends $6881 in vending machines, Eats 35,138 cookies and 1483 pounds of candy, Catches 304 colds, Is ...read more

  • It Is Not Wrong When We Seek The Favor Of Men, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 26, 2007
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     | 2,300 views

    It is not wrong when we seek the favor of men, however, it is most important we strife to have the favor of God in our lives. How? 1. Study the Word of God. 2. Be a doer of the Word. 3. Pray daily and be filled continually with His Holy Spirit. 4. Then you can be led of the Spirit. 5. Tell others ...read more

  • David Who Wrote This Psalm Was The Greatest Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Sep 16, 2007
     | 3,491 views

    David who wrote this Psalm was the greatest of all the offenders in human values. David broke five of Ten Commandments. 1) Thou shall not steal, 2) Thou shall not Kill, 3) Thou shall not commit adultery, 4) Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour and 5) Thou shall not covet. And ...read more

  • The Church Household

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2007
     | 2,712 views

    (1 Timothy 3:1-13) Chrytsostom writes, "The church leader must be ’one that governs well his own house.’... For the church is, as it were, a small household. In a house there are children and wife and domestic duties, and some person has to provide order for them all. So in the church there are ...read more

  • Larry Kiser – The Joy Of Sacrificial Giving To ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    Larry Kiser – The joy of sacrificial giving to the Lord’s work is one value easily lost in the presence of prosperity. I regularly saw my parents give beyond what was comfortable for them. I don’t know how frequently my children see me give sacrificially to God’s kingdom. Proverbs 3:9 tells us to ...read more

  • Selfish  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 19, 2008
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    Selfish A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first pancake; I can wait.” Kevin ...read more

  • Divorce Cost Us All Each Year About 1.2 Million ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,841 views

    Divorce Cost Us All Each year about 1.2 million couples divorce in the U.S., costing taxpayers an estimated $30 billion in federal and state expenditures. Each divorce costs society $25,000 to $30,000 because of the increased costs of helping people with housing, food stamps, bankruptcies, problems ...read more

  • Bible Buyers Don't Buy On Impulse, But 88% Know ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,267 views

    Bible Buyers don’t buy on impulse, but 88% know before shopping they want to buy a Bible. They spend an average of 21 minutes making a Bible purchase, and 61% buy them as gifts. The two top Bible gifting occasions are ceremonial events (32%) such as graduation, birthday, wedding, etc., and life ...read more

  • It's Not Easy Being A Consumer. Current ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,865 views

    It’s not easy being a consumer. Current estimates indicate the average urban dweller is exposed to between 3,000 and 5,000 advertising messages every day. That means, settling on the middle number, that every waking hour you’re presented with an ad every 14.4 seconds. That’s 14.4 seconds of every ...read more

  • People Who Give Away Money Are Happier Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,439 views

    People who give away money are happier than those who do not, according to new research published in the journal Science. Elizabeth W. Dunn, U. of British Columbia, found though people tend to think spending money on themselves rather than giving it away will make them happier, the opposite turns ...read more